These are bizarre complaints. > what does this have to do with "role playing"? Except there are orcs. It's role playing, I don't know what else to tell you he

These are bizarre complaints. > what does this have to do with "role playing"? Except there are orcs. It's role playing, I don't know what else to tell you here. > What? i didn't call it (whatever "it" is) that - you did. The sentence is not accusing you of doing so. > as opposed to some other, non-literal moon? It's clarifying that they're talking about the moon landings not using it as a framing device. At worst it's a redundant word you can skip over. It also emphasises the point. > what other ways are there of having a monologue? Monologue means one "speaker". It has nothing to do with how many people are listening. You can practice a speech in front of other people who listen, you can practice alone. > Sorry, we are techies - why would we be running a "social simulation"? Because this is advice around the social parts of the jobs where you need to interact with others. Your bio says you were a project manager, surely you can appreciate there's more to building software & running a business (and this advice is not limited to that) than coding alone.