I find it amazing how some people here lack the empathy to understand this is the author's personal experience and that they feel entitled to cosplay the confused person thinking all of this is absurd and makes no sense from their point of view.

I think you can have empathy for their situation and also recognize the gluttonous amount of self pity in this.

How do you tell someone earnestly asking vs "cosplaying the confused person"?

It's all so tiresome. I find it amazing people are not as tired of adult make-believe.

“You can’t tell people anything” I read this on a blog article a long time ago and I’m constantly reminded of it. This gives me that same feeling where someone is attempting to give some insight into their POV (precisely /because/ it’s alien to so many) and the responses (well, some of them) miss this point entirely.