I abandoned about halfway through when I realized it wasn't going to get to a discussion of backpack design and I had no idea what the actual point was. You're not alone.
I'm sure you have a point, I wish you wrote about it in a clear way instead of implying unhelpful things about other authors.
Parent you're replying to is lumping those further up the comment chain with the people described in the article. She says they often talk about how to get their wives to watch more science fiction movies.
I felt it landed perfectly given the context of the article, YMMV.