Why is questioning someone's intellectual capacities an insult?

[garbon]

Poor Oakland. It can never catch a break.

They've caught a number of breaks.  Terminus of the transcontinental railroad, large scale armaments manufacturing during WWII.

You can't become a truly epic crap city unless you had it good at one point.

I didn't realize that I was going to have specify that I meant in these recent years.

Ah, so that's the never you were referring to.

Well sure. Like one could say "I never have sex anymore".

Anyway, was your weekend alright?

[katmai]

I thought Yi went to Georgetown.

He did and then he went North. 

[katmai]

Yi went to Harvard, Garbo to Stanford. 
I rest my case.

I'm bloody brilliant!

Never said you weren't

[Admiral Yi]

Well sure. Like one could say "I never have sex anymore".

It's virtually identical except for the word anymore.

Anyway, was your weekend alright?

Reasonable.  How was yours?

[garbon]

It's virtually identical except for the word anymore.

So I'm not sure why picked this particular nit to pick at.

Reasonable.  How was yours?

Probably couldn't have been better though I could have done with cooler outdoor temps.

[Admiral Yi]

So I'm not sure why picked this particular nit to pick at.

Why does it have to be a nitpick and not a further development of the point?

Your people are never going to amount to anything until you get that chip off your shoulder.

[garbon]

Because I explained myself and you gave me back that smug little response?

[Admiral Yi]

Because I explained myself and you gave me back that smug little response?

My smug response followed your explosion of defensive black rage.

[grumbler]

Because I explained myself and you gave me back that smug little response?

My smug response followed your explosion of defensive black rage.

Oooh!  Yi throws down the race card!  Can garbo trump it?  Stay tuned!