Damage meters get a terrible rep from these "mouth breathers" as someone so eloquently stated. Parsers, in my humble opinion, ought to be used competitively both in terms of personal growth to sure up rotations and/or that desire to be "the best" and compete amongst equally skilled players. People that use them in pick-up groups and feel the need to inform their party members of their "lack" of play probably still live in their parents' house with self-esteem issues. I mean... Anyone that joins a pick-up with the mindset of having competition therein really has some self-reflection to do. Anyone thinking they're "helping" in these situations is fooling themselves as players who would use that information constructively likely already have parsers to begin with.

It is a shame.