Worst thing about mis-apprehending
Curiosity got the better of me, and I checked the ONT for FenelonSpoke's exchange.
Yeah, perception definitely seems to have been being filtered in the reply you got, FS. Not your doing.
Worst thing about mis-apprehending is that the perception seems real, and is therefore difficult to correct. I ... deal with this almost daily in RL.
more words of mine
Perceptual Pareidolia
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