Ugh. Thing is, I strongly discourage people from using those signs (from my main post) as indications that they're doing something right.

I wouldn't want myself to use those signs in that way.

I predict it would harm my attempts to be more rational if I did that.

In all of this I just wanted to share my subjective experience, because um, it's fun to share subjective experiences? Or is it something people that are not me do not typically like?'

Edit: also see this reply to NancyLebovitz's comment. It's more clear to me now what has happened here.