I'm just amazed that so many people don't become completely demoralized with living and completely totally give up on attempting to accomplish anything at all like I have, so many lucky people in this world who haven't been traumatized into submission. It's just mind-boggling.

They were not justifying bad behavior. You did not understand what was being said.

It's OK to admit you're not interested in the topic.

I didn't experience any difficulty reading the work. How interested were you in the topic?

You used a comma in your comment in the same manner as the individual you're criticizing. Further, you utilized meaningless memetic neologistic rhetoric such as "low-key." People didn't really say that so widely until the last few years, which means it's a trend, not some revolutionary word which describes something people should know about.

I really don't know if you should be criticizing this article, because after reading it, it's just fine. The content matters so much more, and the writing doesn't get in the way of it.

But I can understand if you desire to hold others to arbitrary rules of style which don't really matter. I guess.