I actually expect every post to elicit this sort of response. To some, ST seems to be a constant competition to see who can be the biggest dick, and when their dickishness is met with more snark this just perpetuates things. It's the ST way.

I've been on plenty of other forums where the tone is set "from the top down." I'm not talking about bans or suspensions, but the mods set a tone for what's acceptable, and all forum members then self-enforce. A post like the one above on most other forums I'm on would simply be met with "hey, we don't talk to each other like that around here." But I guess I can only conclude that this sort of tone is how things are intended to be around here. Frankly, it gets old real fast.