You probably wouldn't have been flagged if you'd said something like, "I remain skeptical. Could you demonstrate your ability to tell what lizards are thinking?

You probably wouldn't have been flagged if you'd said something like, "I remain skeptical. Could you demonstrate your ability to tell what lizards are thinking?" In my experience comments are usually flagged for tone rather than content. If my comment was overly provocative, I apologize. I was trying to get a laugh out of you. It's a passage from my favorite book. Based on past interactions, I thought that book fell into your area of interest, so I thought you may have read it and get a chuckle out of the reference. But perhaps that was overly familiar on my part.