I apologize for insulting you, that was not my intention. I have to point out that you're being defensive and taking an uncharitable view of what I said. Your

I apologize for insulting you, that was not my intention. I have to point out that you're being defensive and taking an uncharitable view of what I said. Your friends may be shallow relative to you, I don't say anything about their absolute level of shallowness/depth. I'm a pretty shallow person myself (once you get away from the minutia of computer programming, and even there there are a lot of people who are much deeper than I am.) Nevertheless, it happens sometimes that you find yourself with a circle of friends that you are no longer satisfied with, maybe that's personal growth, or maybe you're just becoming a cranky old man. I'm just speculating, there's no need to take any of this personally. (I'm using the pronoun "you" in the general sense, not about you seydor specifically, okay?) I never called you an asshole. Without knowing more about you, it's a possibility, but I'm trying to discount that. It's like saying, "You're not a flying purple people eater, so it must be something else" is not calling you a "flying purple people eater", right? As for "ignorant of rhetoric and not being well-spoken" you seem determined to be offended. I'm just trying to help. If you're not an asshole,, if you don't entertain odious opinions, if you have good rhetorical skills and are well-spoken, and you still feel you have to walk on eggshells, then I would say that the problem must be that you're just looking in the wrong places? I.e. you're not going to get good debate on Imgur. In any event, I hope this find you well, and offer it in the spirit of open and civil discussion. Have a good day.