Of course, I inferred that you were from your second post, problem is that smileys can be a sign of peace and love and all that goodness or a passive-aggressive jab depending on who is wielding them, tough to know without knowing the poster or a great deal of context. And rep, god knows what that is useful for, you can be a massive tosser but still have an enormous rep by benefit of visiting some of the shadier areas of these lands. No-ones fault really, just a simple mis-understanding, we're a very cosy closed community over here, we don't get many visitors and most of them are big meanies.
And I agree with you, predictions are a fool's game, you'll rarely find me making them.