In searching to find comments by @joe.public I need to respond to on his profile, since I don't see them, I found this:
Which I believe is a response to your above comment. It's hard to tell. Might apply to me too.
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that was a reply to one of my comments, were you not able to click a parent link to see the thread it was part of?
When I clicked the parent link, the comment I replied to was that parent, which is why I posted it there. As soon as you click the parent, the child vanishes, so it can be confusing. I believe that was the comment it was in response to.