While I'm sure some would be jealous that they're too prudish to cut loose, are you sure some of them are just thinking the lot of you are idiots and they can't believe that you would actually willingly go out and make yourselves look even stupider XD
Your idea of "discussion posts" harks me back to old forum days XD
On the internet, it is easy to fake knowledge and experience, because information is only a Google away
Once upon a time when I was an aspiring writer, someone gifted me one of those "how to write" books aimed at kids. One of the scraps I remember out of there was to generally write what you know as "research can cover some gaps but not crevices".
I don't know about other people but I do make a point between "knowing" something (it's in your head, you understand it, you can at least somewhat explain/teach it to others) and "indexing" something (you know where to find more information when you need it).
it was mildly amusing when I discovered I don't actually havee memory issues I have indexing issues
And also it seems way too many just want to blindly and fervently believe whoever tells them what they want to hear/be right/feels good at the time. I had a huge argument with youngest the other day as he was absolutely adamant that there was no point cross referencing anything he was told because why would people he trusted lie to him, and he was furious with me for saying I would need to look something up that he'd told me because I didn't know a lot about it and he thought I should just trust him.
Pics of dressup? :D
Yes! But, deep down they know they are lying to themselves, as they see people having fun, while they are the proverbial wallflower.....
This is good advice. Over the years I have found some people who purport to be intelligent in an area - *Very unwilling to "show their working" - because they can't actually do the math :)
This is interesting. I will have to dig deeper into this :)
He doesn't realize yet, that they might not be lying, but it doesn't mean what they say is correct. Belief in something doesn't make it true :)