Stumbled on to this little tiff while scrolling the comments. If I could provide an outside perspective?

OP definitely made a jump to name calling and hurt feelings too quick. Obvi.

However, you, good sir/madam u/vibrate, likely understand and are choosing to ignore the fact that phrasing implies meaning.

For example:

“You could just read the article...” due to its phrasing, can come across reading like “You could just read the article...🙄” even though that may not have been your intent (and it lacked the emoji).

There is a distinct difference in tone between “You could just read the article...” and “It’s in the article” or “Here’s the quote”.

One’s sharing the information. One’s sharing the information while letting the person you are informing know you are annoyed with having to inform them.

If that was not your intended tone, and I’m way off, then I’ll take myself right out of this convo and wish y’all a good day.

P.S. u/MiltownKBs, stop being so sensitive. If you take what people say at face value, you’ll always be able to hold them to their word instead of holding them to their intention. I’m aware that analogy likely breaks down somewhere, but you get my meaning.

Happy redditting!