> Hey Junior Woodchuck Law Expert:

The charitable interpretation is that you meant to humorously qualify what you were about to say next, so that people judge its accuracy in a kind way.

In that case, a trailing "here" (to refer to the speaker) would help ensure people see it that way... as opposed to a weird and unprompted insult.

(The rest of your post already has a subthread for it.)

> one party consent doesn't necessarily authorize you to secretly record a meeting just because you're present.

Isn't that exactly what one party consent laws allow you to do?