If you "want to like" me, what is it about me that caused you to start moving against me in any manner in the first place? Is it because I took issue with one person, who happens to be in your group of IRC friends? Did you feel the need to defend him? The truth is, I thought you and I were cool. But I learned that that isn't the case. So why would I care what you think or if you want to like me?
I didn't sway from liking you because of this. No, sir. It certainly doesn't help, though. I actually got really frustrated with you and Sifo over the trolling of a legitimate feedback thread that MKULTRA posted. You might remember the one.
You seem to have an ego problem, which I can deal with well enough (who doesn't have ego these days), and you've been letting it get the better of you. My problem, of course, is that my brain's in the gutters of Jerkcity, so sometimes my filtering doesn't work too well. I can understand it rubbing some people the wrong way.
In another week I should be a lot less stressed and pissed off, but I can't blame all of that for the way I act. I can't blame booze for problems when I drink too much of it (been better at this one lately). If you all want to hate me because I did something stupid... well, I can't quite blame you for that, either. But, I can blame you for playing a victim when I made an honest-to-god target-less joke (someone will argue this... whatever), and nobody picked up on it or appreciated it. I can blame you when you bring your issues out in public to cause an uproar, even though a PM would have gotten a friendly apology from me. You chose the route that would get more attention, and THAT is what I dislike.