I see what you did there.
Hey FullBlood,
People are just taking issue with your delivery, not your message. You're absolutely right, way more people voice their opinions than probably should.

And you WILL lose a lot of time if you follow incorrect advice, so you want to be careful who you're listening to. I agree 100%. I also agree with you that ignoring a post isn't ideal, either. (Though it would have been an improvement). You've got the right idea thanking
everyone who takes time to respond, whether or not you intend to use their advice, and it would have been perfectly awesome to just thank SA for responding and then move on.
The problem is how harsh and dismissive it came off to just flat out tell him you don't care what he thinks, and frankly I'm amazed he's still helping you. I would be done with the thread after that. That's Mike's point, we're telling you this for your own good, not trying to beat you down or anything! If you want people to keep helping you, you gotta play nice! This website has the whole Christian thing going on, and that seems to make people a lot more forgiving of each other. But I
promise you, the best in most fields will help you ONCE (if they feel like it) and if you respond like you did to SA, you'll never hear from them again. Mike's last post, for instance, sounded an awful lot like a polite "goodbye forever." I could be wrong, or that could be bridge burned unnecessarily. Don't do that to yourself!