- What she said was stupid and noobish, and he replied bluntly - rudely but not sexistly.
- What happened was misinterpreted as sexist because the interpreter is her boyfriend and jumps to her defense easily.
- The man in the comic book store interpreted her as being mocking and hostile and retorted in a similar fashion, when she didn't mean it that way.
- The man in the comic book store intended his comment to be a mocking imitation of a sexist, thinking he was being witty, but was taken as being literal.
- The shop manager agreed with the complaining customer because he was complaining and not because he was right.
- The man in comic store is normally nice and was temporarily more sexist than he usually is for some dull and specific reason, like he saw a very-near-miss in the carpark by a female driver.
Other options:
- What she said was stupid and noobish, and he replied bluntly - rudely but not sexistly.
- What happened was misinterpreted as sexist because the interpreter is her boyfriend and jumps to her defense easily.
- The man in the comic book store interpreted her as being mocking and hostile and retorted in a similar fashion, when she didn't mean it that way.
- The man in the comic book store intended his comment to be a mocking imitation of a sexist, thinking he was being witty, but was taken as being literal.
- The shop manager agreed with the complaining customer because he was complaining and not because he was right.
- The man in comic store is normally nice and was temporarily more sexist than he usually is for some dull and specific reason, like he saw a very-near-miss in the carpark by a female driver.