I'm really trying hard to be a "It's everyone's first time learning something everyday" kind of guy but also if you don't know shit and you know you're, for whatever reason, a person who doesn't have context about something, why fucking talk. Like why are you talking. If you know you don't know what's being discussed why are you opining about it and getting confused when everyone is like, shut your empty headed mouth for the love of god? Are you ALSO learning for the first time that this is insufferable?? As though half the time these people aren't also insufferable pedants who'd blow a gasket if someone started talking about their loser hobbies wrong
"Here are my thoughts on this topic"
"You are completely off, you have gotten multiple basic facts wrong, you also lack x and y context"
"Well I didn't know that because I don't really involve myself in this topic" THEN SHUT UPPPPPPP OH MY GODDDDDDD
This shit drives me absolutely nuts. And then them losing their minds when they receive an ounce of reasonable pushback by people baffled by their actions.
People, it's fine to learn new things and to not jump into a topic as if you have knowledge when you know you don't! It's good even, to engage on the level you're at or to ask for more information from those that you know are more knowledgeable on a topic!!
Like, part of this urge is rooted in not wanting to look uninformed because so often that's linked socially with being in a weak position or whatever other nonsense. But goddamn it's exhausting.
Add in gender shit and it's even worse. (hi, yes hello, I'm assumed-female and know a decent amount of stuff about a decent amount of things, and boy let me tell you that some guys really do not like it when I know stuff and notice that they're blowing smoke out their ass on a topic)
