@apaul I think there are several things. First, my English seems good enough for you to believe that I can always make my point without being crass, but I assure you it's not. This is mostly due to the fact that I rarely get to talk in person to English speakers, so I don't get the immediate feedback one gets by reading people. Also if you heard my accent ... LOL Thus I can be rude without realizing it.
That'll be the second part;) Anyway, for example, the level of offensiveness of the jokes in this and this is (from my perspective) not that different... although when re-reading it, the one which was not deleted seems worse!
Second point is I'm an engineer, so I do talk like one...
Well it does work (although people can of course decide to take the bait or not). But in this case it was not trolling, rather calling out hypocrisy. For example, I just translated for you this bit from a well known french magazine...
"Three friends who like to ogle in the subway (whoever does not, throw them the first stone) have had this good idea that enchants us and created the Instagram account "...", which compiles photos of beautiful Xs spotted in the subway. The page has just launched and all entries are welcome. So if you want to send your photos of X, do not hesitate to send an email to this address: .... A good excuse to stare shamelessly, right?"
What reaction would we get with X = women, men, or puppies?
I am coming from oriental culture. It's a sign of appreciation to invite friends beers, coffees etc.
Currently, I am living in a France. I have lots of friends from here. I still enjoy inviting my friends but recently I realize that nobody put their hands in their pocket when we are paying, 90%...
@AnneDaunted Oh, do I need to edit it again for the location tag edit be viable, since our edits were...I'll say 'chronological conflicts' (although the fields that were changed were dissimilar)
@NVZ Yep, as Anne suspected. So how does the Community user work? I've seen Community users accept answers and things. This one makes sense as the conflict has to be resolved and one edit is automatically accepted whereas the pending one was not, but are Community users' behaviors always so, ah, prescriptive?