Tired of being sad, and this place doesn't help.
Imo, a small group of people here do help, though.
That's what kept me here, actually.
But for me, learning to deal with toxicity in a constructive way was THE
secondary most beneficial experience around here.
Not engaging with trolls is a simple way to keep focused at the funny side of WO, but it got way more grumpy and stupid here in the last few years, while highly valued contributors left the ship. This is a shitty but steady development.
I doubt that matters have gone down hill in the wall observer thread in the past few years. There may well be a need to work on your perceptions... but hey, you are free to believe what you like and to conclude what you like.
My perception is definitely things went down after the start of the pandemic, not only referring to this thread.
But i'm used to having (sometimes very) different perceptions than most other people around me, and i learned to accept others. Not that i expect others to accept mine, just saying.
In other words, there have always been contributors of good and bad contents. Should theymos stop this thread because it is not sufficiently valuable anymore?
That would be way too egoistic to demand, imo.
Nevertheless, attacking WO bro's is toxic behavior it needs to stop.
I doubt that any of us should be expecting people to be nice when participating in the interwebs, including but not limited to this thread.
Altruism is like a curse, sometimes.