Context, dude! People go to parties to enjoyably waste time with and around other people. People read tech blogs to learn stuff to help them do better work. The

Context, dude! People go to parties to enjoyably waste time with and around other people. People read tech blogs to learn stuff to help them do better work. The author is mistaking his tech blog for a party. He can do that if he wants, it's his blog after all. But I can easily sympathize with the grandparent's annoyance at having his attention abused to parse an extrovert's lame stand-up comedic fluff.