A thing about saying things in public is that anyone who hears/sees you gets to bring whatever they want into their interpretation of what you said and sometimes it's illuminating and sometimes it's deeply fucking annoying but it's aleays what's happening (hey Hey hey).

*always

It makes me think of the way writing and game design work too. Sometimes, they're right but not for the reason they think, or they're wrong even though they followed the premise. And sometimes they're just bad actors, but they still have access to it, no matter the reason