"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."
I know my choice of words was particularly unrestrained in this instance. I have done my best to use more appropriate language in other threads, but felt it was necessary here to better convey the degree to which these factors are far more significant contributers to my current mental state than "working from home" and "being on extended lockdown" ever could.
"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html