I find that it works best to approach it like a buffet. Don’t try to get everything you want all at once, save some stuff for your return trip.
Also, don’t be afraid of making tactical choices.
Imagine what it’s like being the one who created that topic?
For anyone unfamiliar, there’s a bell at the bottom of each topic that you can use to control whether you get notified about it:
I’m just going to borrow something @mindysan33 shared over in my favorite topic:
My wife will ask “Did you hear about the latest thing?” and I’ll reply “No, I’m still a few hundred posts behind…”