> I concede that I started the thread with a joke but wow you really are upset.

You went further than "a joke."

You continued making aggressive, non-substantive remarks that were out of line.[0]

#1 > you have no idea about the details.

#2 > i don’t think you have a grasp what’s going on around you.

#3 > What is your deal about contract law? It’s not some mystical thing.

You wasted everyone's time.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If I am wasting your time then stop replying with links to the rules. Like I keep saying you guys are pointing out specific legal questions that only a business can answer and are not constructive to the main thread. Lots of leaps to conclusions and finger pointing which anecdotally aligns with what I have seen in corporate IT.