Am I the only one who immediately stops reading when a writer says, "let me explain"? I was totally going to let you explain. After all, I'm reading your artic

Am I the only one who immediately stops reading when a writer says, "let me explain"? I was totally going to let you explain. After all, I'm reading your article and I intended to read more than just the first paragraph. But your sudden insistence that I just give you a few more minutes to explain your provocative argument presumes too much about what I'm thinking. And it's over-used. And it's an annoying tone.