If he had called Apple “a butthead fruit company”, it wouldn’t make sense to hold him to higher standard. But a legal response to some light hearted rudeness?

If he had called Apple “a butthead fruit company”, it wouldn’t make sense to hold him to higher standard. But a legal response to some light hearted rudeness? That was him taking things to a significantly lower standard. If instead, he had used “Butthead Astronomer” to refer to himself on occasion, that would have only added to his (already significant and well deserved) legendary status.