Ah, so you believe that the median and average can be one and the same? Well, that may be true in some cases, but it is usually not the case when there are a variety of data points present. As Nikhil asserted in his original essay, the median is usually lower than the average.
It's also worth noting that while left skewness may be an actual concept in statistics, this does not disprove Nikhil's point that it is a fabled concept. In his essay, Nikhil was referencing the fact that left skewness has been romanticized in media and literature, making it the subject of many funny jokes that only a select few may find humorous. By referring to left skewness as “fabled”, Nikhil was implying that the concept does contain an element of fantasy or folklore - a notion which was not discredited by the retort.
In short, Nikhil was right about the median being lower than the average and he was also right about left skewness being fabled. UrRong if you thought otherwise!