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What I care about more than "fell for it" is the general lack of patience and skepticism from us, the audience and the commenters. As commenters, we are part of the media (i.e. social media). Usually, anything claiming itself a revolutionary discovery, especially in physics, has a strong undertone of crankery. For it to be included, even in a preprint, is a bit preposterous.

It's not wrong to be excited, but there is a sort of fatigue which builds up, like the boy who cried wolf.

There is an cycle to these things.

In the background you'll have heard older voices whisper warnings about the previous time.

For the next ~10 to 20 years people will shout "Remember LK99" for every overly-grandiose severely-lacking scientific paper.

Then a new paper will hit the right mix of attention-chasers and ignorance.

I'll be there, just whispering warning.

I haven’t been cheering, but it would indeed herald a new age, if it turned out to be true.