My fingers are resting on the keys as I try to figure out how to respond. I'm not sure why you want to fix it. I'd walk away, lick my wounds, reach back into my life for real friends to reassure me and start anew. I don't know enough of the situation to say anything really, but am sending you a big hug. Remember it is Friday but Sunday is coming.

Not much to take away from here. Random posts are great, but it should not be a pattern.

I appreciate all the information that you just shared with me very much and I’ll be back to read more in the future.

Yes, it is reasonable to wonder - what the hell was that person trying to imply? I think that people are trying to covertly nice but end up being rude.

I know that when I read a paper I usually make a pretty quick judgement based on my knowledge of the field and my model of how things work. In other words, I look at the conclusions first to see whether they conflict with or agree with my model.