"I don't know why you took it so personally. " oh I didn't "take it personally". :-) I am just trying to follow the thought process (which you have explaine

"I don't know why you took it so personally. " oh I didn't "take it personally". :-) I am just trying to follow the thought process (which you have explained above ("intended as a joke") . I was wondering whether this tapped into something culturally specific. No insult of any kind intended.