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Originally Posted by hvert
Yeah, I'm very familiar with the oversharing some Aspies indulge in. That behavior isn't as offensive as the more manipulative 'fake expert' I notice-- for me, it seems fairly normal give the number of people I interact with who are on the spectrum.
Maybe I am talking more about a BS artist than a 'know it all' to be clear. The 'facts' which the people I am talking about share are often incorrect, which is not the case (in my experience) with people who just can't pick up social cues. Ha ha, it is probably my own Aspie tendencies that make this drive me crazy -- the information is inaccurate!
I am talking about people who pretend to be experts when they really know very little about a topic. It's kind of scary to have people like that around when foraging for wild mushrooms. I know not to listen to them, but do other people?
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Hi hvert,
In my experience,
people often talk WAY too much about stuff they know little about. Most of the time, in a group setting like you describe, there are a few experts that the rest of the group should be learning from...especially as a safety precaution! Who wants to end up in the hospital from eating the wrong wild mushroom?! (My best friend did that some years ago
...he was alone at the time, though, so he had only himself to blame. He felt really stupid afterwards.)