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You know, I was right.
You guys are fine and all, but I'm not cut out for this. I'm not smart enough or thick-skinned enough or familiar enough with various things to be a part of this community. It's not you, it's me, for real, I'm not saying that to make you feel better or something. I've only made you all confused and upset, and I know it's draining for me to participate in these discussions.
See you.
Stick around. Your contributions are fine. Not everyone will be accusatory like nyan_sandwich.
Read through the Sequences and comment on what seems good to you.
It's fine, I'm not pitching a fit about a little crudeness. I really can take it... or I can stay involved, but I don't think I can do both, unlike some people (like maybe you) who are without a doubt better at some things than I am. Don't blame him for chasing me off, I know the community is welcoming.
And I'm not really looking for reassurance. Maybe I'll sleep on it for a while, but I really don't think I'm cut out for this. That's fine with me, I hope it's fine with you too. I might try to hang around the HP:MoR thread, I don't know, but this kind of serious discussion requires skills I just don't have.
All of that said, I really appreciate that sweet comment. Thank you.
I hope you're not seeing the options as "keep up with all the threads of this conversation simultaneously" or "quit LW". It's perfectly OK to leave things hanging and lurk for a while. (If you're feeling especially polite, you can even say that you're tapping out of the conversation for now.)
(Hmm, I might add that advice to the Welcome post...)
Okay. I'm tapping out of everything indefinitely. Thank you.
But remember, fixing this sort of problem is ostensibly what we're here for.
If we fail at that for reasons you can articulate, I at least would like to know.
Education is ostensibly what high school teachers are there for, but if a student shows up who can't read, they don't blame themselves because they're not there to teach basic skills like that.
I know a few high school teachers. I think they'd consider illiteracy a freakin' emergency, not an annoying inconvenience. Blame wouldn't enter into it.