No, you didn't hurt my feelings, I was just feeling bad because "shoot, my story is making Minty uncomfortable and it is what it is but I want to make it entertaining rather than frustrating for her!"

But yes, Maroda's being rude and reductive.

And in retrospect, he never really does learn better, does he? I cut off his arc before he'd really learned much. Ah well, I just had too many characters to juggle, and it was him or Elma.