You have no problem with what I was asking, just the way in which I asked it, and perpetuated this whole thread to press into me that I wasn't abjectly deferent

You have no problem with what I was asking, just the way in which I asked it, and perpetuated this whole thread to press into me that I wasn't abjectly deferential humble and thankful enough to the great overlords of HN for deigning to bother to waste their time on an obviously worthless scumbag like me. THAT is petty and obnoxious. and it is to that I say, "get fucked." Criticizing superficial aspects about my manner, instead of the content of my question is the very definition of petty.