Research suggests dropdeadfred and rooster are unhappy people. They
are likely generally highly dissatisfied with their lot. And in themselves.
"You can't do me any more harm than I've already done to myself and the
incessant whining doesn't make it better for either of us.... or our kids"
In the past he hasn't given any indication he might consider what you said there. Would be good if he could.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”