Trying to make me blush? Flattery won't do it!
In my own defense, that "brutal honesty" is meant to counterbalance some of the flaming idiocy I see around me in the world. Like people who are willing to assume that the best explanation for anything they don't understand is the supernatural (ghosts, demons, spirits, even gods) or extraterrestrial (flying saucers, alien encounters) or some massive conspiracy. It's my philosophy (or ethos, if you will) to exhaust all of the natural possibilities before even considering the unnatural.
But it's nice to know I'm appreciated.