Self-righteous indignation and criticism .... by either side in an issue ...... are not conducive to reasoned discourse.
Agree but the comment was
“I don't get it, either. Like feeding everything you eat through a blender. Tubes used as part of production is fine, but no idea why you'd want to do it on playback.”
Using your example of depression/suicide, when I read the above, the equivalent phrasing would be
“I don't get it, either. Like feeding everything you feel through a sadness filter to the extent you don’t want to live. Feeling sad as part of the human experience is fine, but no idea why you'd want to do it to the extreme of suicide.”
Do you have a different way to translate the phrase to your example of suicide?
My main point anlso isn’t to focus on the first sentence. I was pointing out that owning tubes is like owning a blender. No rule you have to use a blender for every meal or use tubes for every listening session. When you do use a blender, it’s a fixed effects box that always morselizes/blends the source ingredients the same way a tube is a fixed effects box.
You can certainly chew the raw materials in your mouth to achieve the same effect as a blender as you can with fancy VST/EQ/software, but it’s easier to use a blender the same way it might be easier to just choose your tube setup when that’s your desire.