You know, if you had said something like:

> Hey, Mike. Can I call you Mike? Cool. 
>
> So, I'm not so hot about this `target="_blank"` thing. See, some people might want that link to open in the same tab instead of a new one. But if you keep that attribute, they don't have a choice. People who want the link to open in a new tab can still middle click it or right click it and select the option for opening it in a new tab, but it doesn't force the choice. And that's what we're really all about, right? Choice.
>
> Why don't you just take that attribute off and we can go grab some Pizza Chicago, my treat. Man oh man do I love those pizzas. And they even serve the soda in a jar! Crazy, eh? Just send me a text when you're ready to go.
>
> Stay classy, you.

I might've been more understanding of your point. Things could've gone alright. We could've still been friends.

Instead, you had to break my heart and shatter my dreams. I mean, I used to look up to you. You were the brilliant template of an engineer that I strived to be. We would gather around the radio when they would talk about you in the programming competitions. I even had an action figure of you. It was my favorite!

But now?

Now you're just like the rest. You've broken me. I don't know why I'm still even here. That's it. I'm out of the game. You can sit up in your tower and throw down criticism upon the plebeians that gather before you, begging for a chance to get their code reviewed.

Maybe someday, after the industry has moved on, and you're languishing in retirement, you'll realize just how much you meant to me, to us, and just how much you let us down.