Thread ban

Not really. It happens a lot - incessantly - on many topics and in various forms, on a daily basis. That’s what the thread was about.

Not sure this is the appropriate forum for calling me a liar, even obliquely.

Not possible. I made the mistake of engaging with the person incorrecting me and they got aggressive and I banned them; the comment is no longer visible to anyone except the person who posted it.

Yes, I arrived in the thread already annoyed (or at least suffering from annoyance-fatigue). I even said so. That is part of what made your joke land badly (that and the fact I wasn’t sure it even was a joke).