I would like to release a statement on behalf of myself:
I would like to formally apologize to the BJMB community at large for my grating and confrontational behaviour last night. I would like to offer two things to explain my actions but please bear in mind that I am not attempting to excuse them.
1) I do not cope well with posts that contain more than three LMAOs unless I deem that the material in question is indeed quite hilarious.
2) I later essentially gave birth to an anaconda. You would not believe the girth of the result of my bodily function.
I would like to make special apologies to:
1) My colleague and idol Nick, who I recognize as a non-sarcastic huge smarty pants and a cherished member of this community.
2) King aka Big Ry, one of my all time favourite contributors to this place. I am sorry for employing ageism against you. You were correct to call me out.
3) Metafour. While I do consider you to be a bit of an *******, I can recognize that most of the time you are an ******* for the right reasons. I escalated the discussion for no reason and got pedantic about things that don't matter.
4) Spanky99. I love you.
Anyone one else I offended with my asshattery, please know that I am working to curb this behaviour for the future.
I also want to point out that my opinion on the trade didn't hinge on the "mentoring" angle, I just felt it was a small benefit to keeping Martin. I am sorry if I did not communicate this sentiment very well.
Thank you for your time.