God, sometimes I really hate online groups.
I recently joined an online Facebook group about Lord Of The Rings, which is one of my favourite/books movies. I shared a little tidbit I learned about Professor Tolkien and how he might have had a batman. Its where he got the idea for Sam and Frodos relationship.
(A soilder of lower rank assigned as a personal servant to an officer)
I literally got at least four people slamming me for "posting things I know nothing about."
Me, having read the books since I was six, and seeing the movies at least five times and still have the entire Extended Edition:
This is the thing I find really infuriating about gatekeeping.
Me: "Oh hey, what a cool fact! I can contribute to this cool fact! I learnt about this! Let me share this fact with you!"
Them: "OMG OBVIOUSLY YOURE WRONG WHATS WRONG WITH YOU WHY ARE YOU AN IDIOT YOU DONT BELONG HERE!! HOW DOES IT FEEL TO KNOW HOW OBVIOUSLY WRONG YOU ARE!!"
Jean-Paul Satre was right: Hell is other people.
It's always been the same irl. Facebook was a mistake.