Starting with > Hate to be that guy but will give some readers immediate negative connotations (i.e. that you are in fact 'that guy'). Asking the question wit

Starting with > Hate to be that guy but will give some readers immediate negative connotations (i.e. that you are in fact 'that guy'). Asking the question without the 'that guy' preamble might still be seen as an off-topic downer but may have raised fewer hackles amongst the downvoters. Perhaps.