‘miles fairy’ where ‘miles’ was being replacing ‘tooth’.

It was an ad encouraging people to donate their frequent flier miles to charity.

You complained on language log about some commenter and said you could just come here and post, but you have comments open here as well! Why not moderate comments on both places and not let things bother you so much? I’ve ran into this problem a few times where I myself have offended people and I’ve just learned that people my age (maybe under 30?) are really very often shocked when other people get so taken aback by comments that were never intended to offend. I think to many of us the internet is a very unreal place, so we find it odd that people have such strong emotional reactions. Actual human interaction moderates and allows two parties to negotiate an act of comment/criticism in ways that can’t be done online (or aren’t done due to laziness/the wish to save time), so many have adapted by not taking things too seriously.