> The moment you finally meet someone interested in discussing one of these things, its going to be immediately apparent the basis of your knowledge is a brief article/book or a weekend watching videos on youtube.
no one is saying one should read a short intro and pretend to be all-knowing - they're for breadth not depth.
not very many people are such assholes that they'll be upset at someone for being passingly familiar with something they're expert in - if both people are good conversationalists a productive conversation can still be had (wherein the expert explains and the listener, since they've already been introduced to the basic terms, listens in an engaged way).
no one is saying one should read a short intro and pretend to be all-knowing - they're for breadth not depth.
not very many people are such assholes that they'll be upset at someone for being passingly familiar with something they're expert in - if both people are good conversationalists a productive conversation can still be had (wherein the expert explains and the listener, since they've already been introduced to the basic terms, listens in an engaged way).