Hitch: Dunning-Kruger; hell yeah, abso-frigging-lutely. As someone who mostly was (and still is) regarded as a person with weird and arcane interests I'm quite familiar with that. (although I hadn't; prior to some threads here known the name of said misassumptions. Esp. the part with "Everything
I have no idea about is simple and doable in 15 minutes." (Dilbert's pointy-haired boss) is something I heard more often than I have nerves for. Also accord with that we can't excel at everything - that never was my point. I'm e. g. a "total doofus" at math - that's my biggest idiot-spot.
The frightening part (the 'let me out of this asylum' one) is that in following the logical rule: One needs at least basic knowledge of whatever one tries to do. The bar for "basic knowledge" seems to be on the best way to subterranean levels. And that's not only for
"specialist knowledge" (like as knowing how to copy a file as some of your self-appointed 'computer-savvy' clients don't.) it's for daily stuff and/or common sense. I meet people not knowing how to write a letter (or properly address an envelope) I am at a point where I stopped asking myself how stupid or ignorant people can be, because the answer gets worse.
Dennis: nice "problem" story. Definitely a woman I'd like to have a talk with
