your insider joke. If he ever does enjoy it, which is so often a put-down.

I understand your point, but do not agree.

Treating newcomers in a friendly way, while alerting them to the fact that there is already a community with certain shared values, jokes, and other linguistic quirks appropriate in a language forum is, I believe, a good way of getting people to join us on an equal footing. Anyone asking for explanations of our quirky ways gets a fair and civil introduction.

and Bill, to platitudinarinisationificate, he(v)'s a she