The lowered contrast is a screaming invitation to highlight it myself. Making the text deviate from the rest makes it more noticable, and making me work to see

The lowered contrast is a screaming invitation to highlight it myself. Making the text deviate from the rest makes it more noticable, and making me work to see what it says forces me to engage with it in a way I don't usually engage with text. But I think it works. It serves as an advertisement for what sort of talk is discouraged by the community.