Yes, this long(ish) thread should have been a blog post. I'm working on it.
And, yes, I should practice what I preach, which is why I am going to take a rather long vacation from the Fediverse and Mastodon.
Don't worry, dear readers, I'll pop up from time to time to post (or repost) silly stuff, or technical stuff, or even silly technical stuff, but the objective is to considerably diminish my activity here, at least for a while.