Not Henry Porter wrote:
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The question is whether taking something "so seriously" would be an acceptable reaction if it were not a conversation/dispute taking place on a message board. If not, then the expression still seems non-sensical to me.
Well... if the conversation was "in person" with a random stranger then you probably shouldn't take it too seriously. In fact, I question whether people would say "in person" what they say here. Nonsensical? I think not...