My only regrets are having to read stupid responses that completely missed the point of what I said because they want to argue with what they think I said.

Occasionally I learn something new from responses, which changes my perspective.

Downvotes sometimes make me want to clarify what I wrote on the assumption that it got misinterpreted.

I don’t want to deal with arguing especially since half the responses clearly only read the first sentence of my comment. I don’t have the energy for it. So I’m on an instance with downvotes disabled and rarely check my inbox.

If people like my contribution they can upvote, if they don’t like it they can downvote or argue back, but I don’t have the energy to give to that, so I probably won’t see it.

My thought was more "which of the things I wrote triggered such a reaction?" I'm often surprised.

I mean well, and I want to have hope for the future, but I'm depressed and have untreated ADHD and a desperate need for therapy, and I do worry that I'm letting all that influence how I talk to strangers online.

I'm probably too harsh sometimes, or not harsh enough, or dumb, or stupid, etc, more often than I'd like.

So yeah, I generally regret or worry over everything I say to everyone at some point or another. I suck xD But I'm too lonely to switch off and not talk to anyone entirely, so here we are.

Then you read your original comment and, no, you didn't say that; someone's just trying to gaslight you or they're straw manning.

If you just want positive attention, go with “What’s the best distro for…?”

Clearly the best distro is Windows 10!

Steam does suck though? It's hard to use, and most things are better boiled/blanched or fried.