So, can we just ban damage meters already.

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You're moving the goal posts here. The original argument pertained to tanks intentionally not using CDs because they're too focused on their DPS. This makes no sense because using CDs has no impact on your DPS.

No, if you go back and see post #409, you will see I am discussing many things.
The point about tanks wasn't even specific to tanks in this game, which is why you never see me mention any specific spells.
You can even remove the word tank.
The general point is that parsers can make players overly focused on their DPS, which can make them actually do things that make their DPS worse.

If you want to disagree with me, tell me how there's no chance ever that a parser with an associated ranking will have impact a person's performance.

I’ve asked you about three times to provide evidence for your claim. If you’re so sure that what you’re saying is right, why haven’t you done that yet?

and I have given plenty of examples. See post #409, or the link I posted about healers being overly focused on DPS, and more general things about how parsers impact how people perceive roles like the tier list created by a content creator. I mentioned how it can lead to people playing in a way that makes things worse for them, mentioned by a person in a web series about a player in WoW, where the bad player is quoted as specifically mentioning the parser.
I'm giving you many examples of how parsers can impact how people play and how it changes people's perception of a job.

Choosing to not use mitigation skills does not make you do any more DPS. So it doesn't make any sense to claim these tanks are over-emphasising dps over mitigation, since that's not really possible to do. They are just bad players ignoring a very important part of their toolkit.

It's not specific to tank, It's true of any role. There are bad players out there who over emphasize DPS over all else. They are bad. I think it's because they are influenced by how high they rank, and they think playing like that will make them rank higher, when in reality it's the opposite. I admit many of the examples I can give you come from WoW, but that's also a game where parsers are highly prevalent.

So can the desire to squeeze in on more Fire IV or get one more combo through.
Tunnel visioning on DPS doesn't necessarily need a parser in order to happen.

I agree, I'm simply saying it's an additional variable that can have an impact.
As you said, it may only impact 10% of the playerbase, but it's still impacting 10% of the player base.