This was nominally a question for me, but I think Pyxl101 has it: the fact that it's far outside the norms makes it unclear whether I as the reader am correctly

This was nominally a question for me, but I think Pyxl101 has it: the fact that it's far outside the norms makes it unclear whether I as the reader am correctly understanding what's going on. Since the author seems to just mean "you", creating the spectre of other meanings/intentions muddies the waters.