I'm not a offended, but it's a throwaway line. It's both irrelevant and unsupported by any facts in the article. (And in general only supported by anecdotal ev

I'm not a offended, but it's a throwaway line. It's both irrelevant and unsupported by any facts in the article. (And in general only supported by anecdotal evidence at best.) The author uses its merely to identify his personal bona-fides to his intended demographic.