> My motivation in the end was to share my personal feeling of awe, and in a way that was accessible to the parent poster as well as other readers. Then write

> My motivation in the end was to share my personal feeling of awe, and in a way that was accessible to the parent poster as well as other readers. Then write it that way: 1. Remove the first paragraph, where you treat the OP like a child by telling them where it is and isn't appropriate to express their idea 2. Remove the first two sentences of the 2nd paragraph 3. Remove the clause "but you can't get that from a quip." Now we've got the beginnings of a delicious comment! You could even garnish it at the beginning with something like "Not sure if we're talking about the same thing, but..." But you don't even really need it. That's the difference between playing in a sandbox with others, and unwittingly kicking someone out of one.