But Tod knows the meaning of the word "condescending", and how to put it into practice ...

I've never met Joe Clark, or even communicated with him, but his presence on the web has certainly had an impact on me.
Joe's all-too-rare contributions are a lifeboat in a sea of juvenile delinquents and nitwits.

Here, Tod misses completely Joe's generous offer of help, and naturally sees only an affront to his technical wizardry, which must be defended vigorously.
And taking a swipe right back at Joe while doing so, is only fair play.

It's a good example of Tod following his own paternalistic advice to "play nice'.

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Let us all continue to vitiate the hype that's attached to Tod Maffin.

(Look it up, Tod)