Thanks for being a buzz kill! No, I agree with you. I never heard of taking out the zeros and 17’s. Seemed a stretch. But I also am naive to decoding. So he hooked me. At first I was blown away, but it faded fast. I’ve never done Gematria, so I tried my name last night. It could go both ways, for my name anyway. My name could be demonic or angelic or plain nonsensical. Granted, no “code” words showed up for me. But yes he does seem egocentric to think he’s being talked to directly. Maybe borderline paranoid.