Originally Posted by strombad
In this case, "You must be new here" was a comically sarcastic remark, generally used when someone needlessly points out an obvious point, for example:
"Mom makes gross chicken noodle soup."
"Oh really? You must be new here."
(This is an exchange between two fictional siblings, in this case, the younger sibling makes a statement to which the older sibling responds. While it is not clear from the example the ages of the two, it should be fairly clear that neither child is in fact "new here")
Nobody cares when you joined, in this example of "nobody", nobody refers to me, because it was a joke. You could've joined in 1906, and you know what? It would've made my comment even better. Relax.
Regarding your defence of his statements, did YOU read the article? My "attack" is based not only on his statements, but the article he presented as a counter point which I feel serves only to further perpetuate pseudoscience and further draw attention away from real gluten intolerance. The main focus of the article is about wheat sensitivity (not gluten sensitivity) which makes the article useless to this discussion. I can't even imagine why anyone would take anything the writer has to say seriously, as near the beginning he says:
"They’re still gluten-free, or wheat-free, or whatever you want to call it."
This very clearly shows that he has no real understanding of the two concepts. They are not interchangeable in any way, and statements like that are careless and idiotic.
Anyways, if you've got a problem with me that you need to turn into a petty pissing contest, just PM me, I always suggest it to people, feel free to take me up on the offer. My general irritability on certain subjects and incredibly dry humour is a terrible mix for the Internet, but unfortunately my own understanding of my demeanour and the understanding of some other posters here who seems to get it leaves me really indifferent to people like yourself. If you can't stand it, you have options, but drive-by comments are self serving and silly.
If however you just wanted to turn my dry humour and condescending speech patterns your way, the least you could do is meet me half way and get the obvious jokes. Don't worry, there's still time, we can come to an understanding and be best friend yet! Fingers crossed.
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