He checked the IP.

No, he doesn't understand such joke is not appropiate at that moment. Not after he had just said he would change.

I understand what you meant by "singling him out for shit everyone does", but in my opinion, he has done more than what the rest has been doing.

New members should really behave, one of the first threads I've read from him was the dupe method he leeches off from Snarg, and said the credit of the dupe goes to The1. That didn't give a good impression to most people.