i'm ayrt but i'm also a passing flat viewer here so i don't have any horse in this race nor do i care about the minutiae. i'm just trying to make sense of what you're saying. did you or did you not reply to that comment? and if so, why would you add that cutesy line about "thanks for trying" like... i get wanting to clear your name but that's not how you comment when you try to do that.

people usually leave "hi x" comments alone, ftr