Me too - I try to avoid parentheticals in polished writing because they're usually there to avoid having to decide if something is really important. If it's not

Me too - I try to avoid parentheticals in polished writing because they're usually there to avoid having to decide if something is really important. If it's not important, take it out (or if it's a very technical detail that can be skipped on first reading, maybe put it in a footnote (uhoh, I'm doing it)).