When the "discussion" stops being about the purported subject, and shifts into "But you said...no, I never said that, and 'Are these sentences short enough for you guys do get it now?'" (I think the "do" should actually be "to", but perhaps you were trying some "intellectual snobbery" that is beyond our plebeian understanding of language, it's time to walk away, because it's just another excuse to play "mine's bigger than yours". (For the record, I like smart people, but people who seem to be trying to prove they're really smart, not so much.) (And also, I think my first sentence is illegally long, but y'all are smart enough to follow it.)