nor am i sitting here trying to sell some sort of bullstuff armchair philosophy of "ooh we should all be nice and never be mean and stuff because we're not animals"
that's you. you're the hypocrite here mate.
Well if you decide to be an starfish just to be an starfish or because everyone else is, you're a waste of human resource.
Unless you knew it already, I am not a national English speaker. The reason why things i say often come out as rude is because i don't necessarily know the strength of the words I'm using because i did not grow up getting punished when i say them.
Your "Internet tough guy" stuff is also really pathetic.