OP

(Anonymous) 2024-08-01 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
Wankgate lends itself to uncharitable ways of speaking, I'll admit, but you've nailed it. If you've told me you're going to be away for a bit because of an illness, I don't also need to hear the next day that your nephew-in-law is sick, and the next day that your mother is coming to visit, and the next day your work is making you take a trip to Mars, and then you've got to help your cousin Lassie rescue Timmy from the well. I'm not doubting that every one of those things is legitimately happening and that it's stressful.

I'm doubting that it is my business to care about all of that, and that on every one of those occasions I owe sympathetic noises and extra reassurance that I'll wait forever just for a single tag from you.