The current iteration of lightning is not ideal. We need a few softforks to get it where people want and need it to be at. 

I understand that's sort of just a semantical correction, but its important to say it that way. "Lightning is a nightmare" suggests you want to throw away lightning entirely. "We need a few softforks to make lightning workable for the average person" means you want to improve lightning. 

Its an important distinction.

nerd2ninja

Yeah, it's definitely dysfunctional at the moment but I show how we can vastly improve it 😉

polyd_

bitcoin

Where Do We Go From Here? - CTV and Drivechains

Rsync25

>Any critique is immediately felt as FUD, that the years of work that we’ve made has been a waste and our vision of Bitcoin with Lightning is wrong. I’m not going to hold back, I can’t stand the thought of running a lightning node. That I need a hot wallet online 24/7 and if I lose connectivity, I’ll most likely come back to a forced closed channel from either myself or my partner.

Wow. That's got to be hard to admit. Lightning is an absolute nightmare. 