I think he’s just tired of having to field the question. I read the bit with the asterisk as meaning that this isn’t his area at all at LFL. He’s got to be sick of everyone assuming he’s the guy to ask by now, hence the saltiness. I’ve seen him express a positive opinion of the OOT in the past elsewhere, too.
Side note, does anyone know how to actually type an asterisk in markdown without having it register as italics?