Was what I said rude?

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I'd be willing to bet that the problem was at least partly with vocal tone. Tone of voice is something that gets me in a lot of trouble with my wife.

A really good solution, even though you didn't do anything wrong, is to say: "I'm sorry".
And I think you should say it to your mom (cause you have nothing to say sorry for to your step-dad).

Just be like, and mean it: "I'm sorry if I was treating you bad tonight. It wasn't my intention."
That easy, and solves many problems.

The keyword is "if".

Avoid using the word "obviously" when pointing things out. People seem to interpret that as an attack on their intelligence (or so I've found).

What's obvious for one isn't always obvious for someone else.

... Or else we wouldn't ask questions nor opinions on this board, would we?

For instance, it was obvious to Brittany2907 that the left drool was BIG.
But for her mum who was doing the cleaning, it was a tiny bit. That's obvious too, from her reply.

... Next time, you'd better do it yourself so it'll be done the way you like it to be and everybody will be happy.

It's kind of funny... in a weird way. I personally don't think what you said was rude and could see myself saying the same thing easily without thinking anything of it. BUT, I can also easily see it causing big issues.

It's a lot different reading something like this and responding, than it is to actually be involved in the situation on the receiving end.

My son does this a lot to me. I have to decipher whether or not he's intentionally saying things to me purposefully or not, and that is hard to do as well as an autie. Because, believe it or not, lol, he DOES do it on purpose at times as well... and that makes it very hard to figure out how to react.

Now, if he says something like "I was just saying..." then I know he likely didn't mean it to be rude. When he fixates on it, that is my queue, pretty much.

I've explained this to him... that I mess up ALL THE TIME when talking to others, lol, but that means I know what it's like too, so he needs to tell me if he meant it or not. It's hard not to take a lot of what he says personally, because he has meant it to be that way in the past many times.

For instance, I told him to do something one day, and he said "I don't have to listen to you, you know". What? Did he really just say that??? He laughed at me after saying it. Then, he realized he was making me angry, and covered it up quickly with, "I mean, technically, I could make my own choices, but would probably get into trouble a lot... so what was it you wanted me to do again?"

When things like that go on a lot, it's really hard to interpret the initial statements as anything but smart aleck. Does that make sense?

I have a feeling, that your stepdad was probably thinking you were intending it to be that way, and if he thought you were intending it that way, his next thought was probably, "why won't she do it herself?".

It's really tricky stuff... my mom used to get mad at me all the time for things like that when I didn't mean anything by it. Now that I don't live with her, she realizes I'm not meaning things that way... but I think it made a big difference while living with her, because she was in full parent mode, in which case, sometimes you just expect your kids to be that way and don't see the difference.

If the dog is such a source of conflict in the family, why don't you just get rid of it?

None of that made any sense to me.
Either your father was very late with his comment or something else happened.
I remember one time I told my sister her input was not needed in a conversation and she got angry at me and I could not understand.
Also I told her she was not necessary in my life and that made her cry but I do not know why because I know I am not necessary in my sister's life and it does not bother me.

My dad tells me every day how I treat him like s**t and how much of an a** I am, and my dad is a really nice guy. Every time I try to be helpful, people think I'm just telling them what to do...it makes me feel like I shouldn't even be allowed to talk to anyone.

You could have asked your mother to pass the towel to you so you could do it yourself, then she would understand that you weren't being lazy, and she might even have offered to do it herself anyway. I think your stepfather was oversensitive, but this is just an idea of how you could avoid a conflict if anything similar happens again.