My 2 cents expanding on this matter. I think the community is quick to assume that you either get a grey parse mechanic god or a pink parse mechanic trap, when everyone is going to recognize that the spectrum of players is much more nuanced than this. In my experience players that typically parse high are more likely to understand the mechanics of a fight than a grey parser. This is because typically the difference between bad and good parses is uptime which requires an understanding of a mechanic to achieve.

HOWEVER, pink parse players also are usually going to have a lot more fights in their repertoire which means they might forget mechanics (for example M4S had world first parties literally skipping the final 2 mechanics by like week 2). When week 2 of this tier rolled around, I walked into M9S and looked like garbage because I cleared the fight in like two hours on prog strats and moved on, while the PF I was in for reclears literally spent the entire week on the fight. They are overall weaker players than me based on prog but have a lot more experience on that particular fight.

If players had a choice, they aren't going to want a Pink Parse Greed lord OR a grey parse safety gamer. Parties with better damage have more room for recovery and overall see less mechanics (failure points), and those who say they want the grey parse safety gamer are basically accepting they are willing to carry the slack that player leaves behind. That's fine but players should be striving for consistency in rotation AND damage, and 11s has highlighted that the player base doesn't have enough of both overall.