Thank you for the throwaway quip. It is serving as food for thought for how to further develop the project. FYI: Your follow-up replies read as highly invested

Thank you for the throwaway quip. It is serving as food for thought for how to further develop the project. FYI: Your follow-up replies read as highly invested in defending and justifying your "throwaway quip." So, if it genuinely was intended as a throwaway quip, no big, you are failing to effectively communicate that. Have a great day.