Maplestory producer E3 interview with Crstyn Cox

That is pretty pitiful even as a joke.

It was my way of not directly calling her a peach.

The "just joking" bit is used all the time by people who are actually balls of raging hate.
Likewise, deflection is a common self-defense mechanism so her statement that others are "overly-sensitive" does nothing to say she isn't lacking in sensitivity.
It also comes back to the "sarcasm in text is a rare find" bit. With no face to read and no vocal cues, text can only be taken as face value.

There are all sorts of jackasses in the world.
Some realize they can sometimes be jackasses, and some don't.
Some who realize it refuse to acknowledge it, others don't.
The same is true of pretty much any personality trait you can come up with.

Of course, at this point, this conversation is neither here nor there.
Can we go back to talking about what surprises GMS won't be getting?