So we assume he keeps talking about us just to tweak our collective noses?

I don't read it like that. I thought he was trying to give fair credit by noting that TV Tropes developed out of conversations here.

After the pseudicide I suspected Gus had lurked on the board a long time before he first posted and created a persona that would be immediately popular here. It was carefully constructed, and he was very charming. Later his posts were a bit more dogmatic, less Gus-like. I think it was a bit effortful to keep up the charm.

Nobody watched the Kung Fu vs Yoga clip? Comedy gold, people!

I don't read it like that. I thought he was trying to give fair credit by noting that TV Tropes developed out of conversations here.

Except that since Fast Eddie never posted here, that makes no sense. (well, I understand what Hec/P-C are saying but it makes no sense to someone who didn't know about Gus's ...oh, I see. I suppose he is talking about "Gus" there. It's hard to keep straight. )

So we assume he keeps talking about us just to tweak our collective noses?

I don't think any of it has been about us. In terms of "why", I mean.

edited for an attempt at clarity

And now, if Gus is dead, he's gettng even with me because while I was posting, the dogs spilled milk from the table everywhere.

You don't want to mess with a yogi, that's for sure.

I dislike the term cougar because it implies there's something predatory about an older woman with a younger man, while men go after women a third their age without having a similar label.

Men in that sitch are called "lucky". Or, "rich."

while men go after women a third their age without having a similar label.

Cradle-robber is gender-neutral, isn't it?

And definitely predatory.

But perhaps not applied as often as it could be. I certainly do.

Except that since Fast Eddie never posted here, that makes no sense.

I'm assuming that Fast Eddie is the same meatspace person as Gus and Janitor and Gus' imaginary Korean girlfriend (Kimi?). Guy Straley/Gus Raley.