[14:29] <Ventricle> I only locked that thread because I had no idea how to merge it
[14:34] <Ventricle> I didn't want to lock it
Here's the thing. Even if you wanted to merge it, or whatever, and couldn't figure it out (even though it's as easy as locking a thread), why would you think outright locking it instead of waiting to merge it when you had help was the better solution? It's not as though the thread was going to disappear if you waited a day. I don't see the logic in this defense.
[14:35] <Ventricle> point is, the damage has already been done and now everybody hates me even more
Or you could unlock it, learn from this and move on.