You didn't have to read or respond to my comment. If you're suggesting that commenting on an article is equivalent to approaching a stranger in-person with a pr

You didn't have to read or respond to my comment. If you're suggesting that commenting on an article is equivalent to approaching a stranger in-person with a pretextual request calculated for your own therapeutic benefit... well if that's your suggestion then I suspect phrasing it directly instead of obscuring it with irony makes it perfectly obvious that your position isn't great