yes sir

but it was not clearly that way

@Saturnus Try to imagine yourself in the place of somebody who is actually faced with the dilemma in question. Would you phrase your question that way?

some do phrase that way

Not when honestly seeking advice, at least not when they somehow managed to be admitted to higher education.

I have heard people in higher ed speak like that

and worse

I can imagine this, but would you expect these people to talk like this when talking to some professional advisor when they honestly want advice?

it looked like a poorly written topic from a newbie unfamiliar with what is appropriate for the site

and off topic

@Saturnus I beg to disagree; it clearly looked like some kid trying to troll us.

question - do you closely monitor all members like this?

@Wrzlprmft maybe clear for you, but not for me - s I have seen many chats like that, even with advisors

I do not monitor anybody. I just happened to see you treat a troll post like a normal post, which is generally a bad idea – though this is not obvious. I could have replied to you in a comment, but that would have attracted more attention from the poster and might have been lost with the deletion of the post.

as I have said, it was not obvious to me that it may have been a 'troll' post

nevermind, I'll go... sure you'll be happy about that

@Saturnus I was trying to give some advice; nothing more. I cannot suspend you, and even if I could, I wouldn’t because you didn’t act maliciously or similar.