It’s okay, it’s fairly improbable that they will be built… it’s still unfortunate that such a flagrant disregard for climate change (which is already hurting us) is being pursued all over North America just because we desperately and urgently need data centres for ??? right away and we simply can’t use renewable energy for them either. Sask, Alberta, and Ontario are probably at highest risk for large data centres actually coming to fruition but there are some substantial hurdles to getting them built right now (chip shortage is a big one). And they may have gotten a little too eager and ambitious during the pump part of the pump and dump, and if the dump arrives early the poor AI companies might be decimated before they can actually get the forsaken things built (hence the rush). Fingers crossed and keep pushing back however you can!
Do you think you’d actually say that to a stranger in real life, though? Maybe to a friend or someone else you were close with who understands your perspective and you’ve already developed common ground and rapport with. And that may be part of the issue with Internet communication. You are essentially talking to someone (or challenging them) about very personal things, with minimal understanding of them, and they have minimal understanding of you and your intentions as well.
Or it is just related to the phenomenon of people willing to be more confrontational behind the safety of their keyboard (in both directions).
With regard to why someone took offence to what you said, consider this: if a 14 year old boy said he liked women, would you also question his certainty in his sexuality even if he had 0 practical experience? Or is it only something you’d question for bi or otherwise queer people whose preferences aren’t conforming to the standard? I suspect the latter, because it’s pretty damn rare for anyone to ask straight people if they are sure they are straight… shouldn’t they have some homosexual experiences first to be sure?