Look, I get it. But it's a stretch to say that it was obvious. Since pupulehaole said that he would be pissed IF Newton was picked, and Hos's reply didn't address the conditional, then it is readily implied from Hos's response that he is arguing about the same conditional, i.e. not throwing another issue into the argument.
Let's try this:
pupulehaole: If it rains, my car in the driveway is going to get wet.
Hostile: No, your car won't get wet.
According to several of you, we are supposed to
imply from Hos's reply that it isn't going to rain. If that's how you communicate, all I can say is