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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 873484" data-attributes="member: 8158"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> You weren't being singled-out for anything, nobody was being ridiculed, and I'm not sure where you see anything inflammatory directed to any individual in the entirety of that post.  Your comment made me grimace, but I wasn't grimacing at you specifically, if that's what you're opting to be offended by. I provided an anecdotal reference on where my reaction came from. Again, not about you lol. I quoted that single sentence of yours because it sparked the initial desire to post. From then on I was talking to everyone who shares the general sentiment about the Monsternomicon's "coolness", figuring that I was not the only who might benefit from some specific insights. I didn't think it important or pragmatic to quote text from every single person's post past, present, and future who might have something to say about the book. Looking back to clarify, it was Dr. Harry's question and Barsoomcore's answer that I paraphrased.I assumed nothing about you because--and I'm beginning to  think that I can't stress this strongly enough--I wasn't actually talking to you personally. I cannot fathom how you could interpret "Sometimes people..." to be a direct reference to yourself. I actually had quite a bit more about why TLN was a disappointment, until I decided that people would concentrate on the axe-grinding rather than my request for additional information about the Monsternomicon (which pretty much sums up what happened here).  So I tried to trim down my TLN comments enough to fully explain the anecdote and leave it at that and move on. People don't appreciate thread-hijacking.I don't know what provoked such a defensive reaction, but if clarification is what was required, then there you have it. We good?SO, back to the Monsternomicon...please, share your insights with equal exhuberence.</blockquote>

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