unfortunately they're bad in exactly the right kind of way that makes them super funny. like they're nothing but baffling swings

They had some good ideas. Did they execute them? No. Was the rest of it bad? Yes. But,

This new Navy SEALS copypasta sucks

A slot machine where you're zapped out of the flow state and are forced to go for a walk is gonna lose most of its power as a compulsion device. Similarly, permadeath structures with no metaprogression create similar sorta "jolts" for players (though not always!) and offer a convenient off ramp