I think the only reason you won't stop doing the stupid !! thing is because you dislike the people who have called you out for it, and suggest you drop it. Do you think by continuing the !! thing, people you dislike are somehow hurt? You're out-witted, and so you do this !! thing? I'm not buying the "its my style!!" thing, I think it's bull****.
In reality, people think it's stupid, even outsiders to your "background" who have no other reason to dislike you...
To be honest... I, for one, was very disapointed in you once you settled in here. I was happy that you joined us at JD, and I'm very happy that you've become a regular here... But you've let me (and several other people) down, as I was hoping that you'd drop the "!! Style", go by your first name, and generally just be personal with us... I thought perhaps you'd take this chance to work with a clean slate, but instead you held up to your bull****.
Oh well... I feel sorry for you that you can't allow yourself to become "one of the guys" here... Despite how badly people may enjoy irritating you, I think they'd all embrace you if you were to make an effort to be real with us. Instead, you've basically isolated yourself from a very cool community...
You remind me of Greg(g), and that's sad.