Brama...I am not gonna go here again. I am not an origiator of board rules, here are a few I found in 5 minutes. Why have rules?? Simple, so things don't get out of hand. It's called common courtesy. Read these board rules. They are not identical in context but they are in principle.
"Sort of" is such a harmless thing to say. "Sort of". It's just a filler. "Sort of" - It doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, "sort of" means everything. Like after "I love you" or "You're going to live" or "It's a boy".