Not entirely different. If a thing is so consistently misused as to controvert its original purpose, it's fair to say you're "sick of X" as a proxy for its comm

Not entirely different. If a thing is so consistently misused as to controvert its original purpose, it's fair to say you're "sick of X" as a proxy for its community or educational standards or other meta-application. I don't agree with the author's approach either, but I don't think he's trying to say what you think.