I’m using Arch Linux for 2 years. I subscribed to Arch’s mailing lists and I check my mails daily. I use flatpak instead of AUR.
I installed my system with archinstall and I update whenever I want. I didn’t have any issues yet and it’s the only distro that just works for me.
What about your experience? Any “breakage”?
They know you use Arch, they’re joking. The joke is that Arch users tell people they’re using it without anybody asking, hence, the phrase, “I use Arch, btw.”