Do you think it is leading you to expect less from orange-pilling efforts, or to abandon such efforts in general?

Nope. I had a short-term friendship about this time last year with a guy who's sister had been trying to send money to their mother for seven years with no luck. I taught him how to use lightning, that night he taught her, the next day she was finally able to do what she wanted (send to mom) with the money that she had worked for all that time. Stuff like that puts getting made fun of in the group chat in perspective pretty damn quick.

...thanks for asking. I'm suddenly in a really good mood. lol