Saying "These are huge claims with insufficient evidence, let's wait for clarity" is hardly "being no-fun wet blankets". It's understanding how science works.
"And the only thing you wish went differently is that you squashed more people's enthusiasm??"
It's not about "enthusiasm". It's about scientific illiteracy. You can be excited all you want. "I saw a multimeter on TikTok, therefore it's true" and then shouting down folks with actual understanding for being cautious isn't enthusiasm, though. It's Dunning Kruger in action.
Their trouble of being no-fun wet blankets? What trouble was that, exactly?
> "Science did everything right here. We had a tantalizing result reported, investigated, and disposed."
And the only thing you wish went differently is that you squashed more people's enthusiasm??