I was "FREEPING", all alone, on my ownsome, long before ( several decades, to be exact ), there was ever a FR or even computers outside of enormous rooms. And some of them could have become life threatening, but being young, one doesn't always think about that. LOL
The really savage Libertarian flame wars took place here before you joined; though there still are some of those threads ( at a much lesser decibel ) on FR today.
I suggest that stop trying to be funny. You just might not attract unwanted negative attention that way.
But yes, this thread is somewhat akin to "torture"; though what you wrote really doesn't mean the same thing. Go look up the meaning of the word "tortuous". LOL
I thought it made a good pun.
This thread has made a long and winding road.
Have I really pissed you off that much? Sheesh.