Certainly, take your personal safety seriously as it is ultimately your responsibility. But I find the whole sheepdog concept a bit Walter Mitty.

And as for what any random person on the Internet says, we all have to apply our personal value meter (and BS meter). Most people have something we can learn from, but they also have things we should reject.

We need to take things, consider them, and ultimately make up our own mind on the relative values.

-john