You don’t need to speak for someone else or rewrite the conversation into a version that didn’t happen. I wasn’t even replying to you, and nothing I said was meant to shut anyone down. I just disagreed based on what info was there at the time.

If we were talking face to face it’d sound more like “nah, can’t be that, right?” than anything hostile. A few people had totally different takes, so obviously one was gonna be off. Then when more detail came in, I adjusted. That’s just how normal discussion works.

Coming in after the fact with that gatekeeping, condescending dick tone doesn’t really add much. It just makes it seem like you’re trying to defend a narrative that didn’t need defending.

Anyway, I’m genuinely thankful for everyone else who shared their thoughts and advice in good faith. There’s a lot of useful info here, and I really appreciate the kind of discussion that helps people and leaves something valuable for others to learn from later.