Luke Kilpatrick wrote:
> [a fairly typical indignant defense of the target of jokes that struck too close to home]

Next is usually a 'hey, can't you tell a joke from a real insult?'
post, then some more jokes in the spirit of piling on, then either the
thread branches to semi-relevant side topics that popped up by chance
or it descends to personal attacks and name-calling.

It's hot again today (which is why I'm inside at this silly machine),
why don't we just skip all that? -aem