JAQing off is “just asking questions”, but usually the questions do nothing to promote discussion or drive conversation forward.

I notice these occasionally pop up, and while it is good to discuss events that happen (positive or negative), these posts seem to start from a place of hopelessness. Not conducive to positive conversation.

And the “It’s too much and I need a break” posts.

People. I love you.

None of us are rockstars, ok? It’s awfully self-indulgent and self-important to post that you need to take a break from it all.

Just go. If you know people on the board, DM them privately and let them know. But I can’t help but view these posts as a waste of time and energy. Not to mention, it just signals shills and trolls to pile in and exacerbate the negativity.

Imagine you’re at a party, and someone just gets up and loudly says “I HAVE TO GO, I CAN’T BE HERE ANYMORE FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH.”

On the one hand, you’d be glad the person took charge and is doing something about their issue.

On the other, now the party has a weird awkward moment, and you’d look at your friends and ask, “Why didn’t he just leave?”

EDIT: u/Iceman80 brings up good points about discussion and positively guiding new users. While I will agree with the points that discussion should be had regardless, I still find posts of leaving to be ultimately fruitless.