Originally Posted by Guvna

If you are a cook, would you not take a moment to gently tease some one who informed you that they too were a cook, who just purchased the most expensive pan on the market (despite your knowledge that the pan is silly and impractical) and wanted your advice on various pancake flipping techniques?

Really it's just a rights of passage thing--everyone comes to this forum with sort of a stale question and gets burned once. They key is not to let your feelings get hurt by people who spend their time in online forums.