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Why are 80% of the elements metallic? I get that they ARE, but WHY?
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Just say "I don't know" and leave it at that next time OK?
I'm not sure what in my answer ticked you off but I wasn't trying to be demeaning or anything. The question boils down to asking why the physical laws are what they are and this is not a question that really has a scientific answer. Perhaps a philosophical or religious answer, but then the answer varies from person to person.
It does have a scientific answer, as has been shown in other comments in this thread.
If I ask "why are north Koreans shorter than south Koreans on average?" and someone responds with a wall of text explaining how it's just how it is and that's just life, they might as well have said nothing. "Why" questions usually have an answer, even if you don't know it, leave it to those that do and continue lurking.
Some people don’t like to read, and/or don’t like truth and facts spoken/written to them. So they take offense to logic and reason, which is what you had in your answer.