See, you didn’t indicate that you hadn’t written it…
And indeed you put the name ‘Max’ at the bottom, which sure looks to me like you were claiming it as your own.
If one had a suspicious mind, one might think that this thread was a misguided* attempt at ingratiating humor before you began your real task, which is to shill some kooky Illuminati book, loony science, and whacked-out conspiracy theories.
Good job I don’t have a suspicious mind, then. Welcome to the SDMB!
*Most of the humor on this board is original. It’s called ‘wit’.
Regardless of whether you claim to have written it or not, failure to attribute the source qualifies it as plagiarism. Did we learn nothing from our English classes, people?