I am just an enjoyer of garden path sentences.

I don’t expect people to be editing their comments for absolute maximum clarity on here, so it wasn’t a critique.

When I’m reading and my mind does a reparse, I feel amusement, I suppose because of the mild confusion followed by a brief puzzle solving exercise followed by understanding. The brain (or some brains, including mine, anyway) seems to treat this flavor of tension->resolution as humorous, as with other flavors of tension->resolution humor like taboo violation in a safe space, or close friends pretending to be about to hit each other.

That is wonderful to hear. Thank you for sharing this.

They were just making a joke. I understand humor might be too foreign and loose for people on HN but trust me, there was no maliciousness in their comment.

Getting this upset over a grammar joke is not healthy.

Assuming this message is in good faith, I appreciate your concern for my mental health.

I appear to have attracted the trolls, which is ok. That happens when you stand up to them. I don't tolerate bullies going ignored. I'm serious, but not as upset as you may be concerned.

Please, do get over yourself. It was a silly grammar joke.

oh no! not your perception of the situation!!

I laughed out loud.