I can definitely acknowledge that graph aesthetics aren’t as important as the real-world implications of the underlying data. I did not start the thread about graph aesthetics, though.

You asked miz about their graph aesthetic preference, and I answered bc it’s a common preference. I assumed that you were asking because you wanted to learn, and I answered in good faith. If you didn’t want to talk about it, just don’t ask questions about it?

I ignored your criticisms because I don’t really care about other people’s graph aesthetic preferences, because it’s not important and they’re my preferences.

If you had said “what flavor ice cream do you prefer?” and I said “many people prefer chocolate because <whatever>”, it would weird if you got upset and said “actually vanilla is better because <whatever> and also why are we even talking about ice cream preferences it’s not important”.

At any point, you could have said “I think this representation is appropriate, given the severity of the situation, but I understand the other perspective.” and that would have been the end of the conversation.