Comparing not knowing a niche concept to functional illiteracy and then berating someone for playfully pointing out that the concept is niche isn’t the clever gotcha you think it is, it just comes across as snobbish or elitist.
You wanted the conversation to go exactly where you wanted it to go. You didn’t write an essay the next guy missed the point of, you made a comment, and they made a comment in an informal online forum space. Just seems like you made a “joke” and then they made a joke focused on the part of the discussion they’re interested in, but because it’s not the exact response you were looking for (which I’m guessing was simply affirmation), you assume they missed your point.
Comparing not knowing a niche concept to functional illiteracy and then berating someone for playfully pointing out that the concept is niche isn’t the clever gotcha you think it is, it just comes across as snobbish or elitist.
You wanted the conversation to go exactly where you wanted it to go. You didn’t write an essay the next guy missed the point of, you made a comment, and they made a comment in an informal online forum space. Just seems like you made a “joke” and then they made a joke focused on the part of the discussion they’re interested in, but because it’s not the exact response you were looking for (which I’m guessing was simply affirmation), you assume they missed your point.