hands up if you've ever gone through this specific tribulation:
- you realize you never had much exposure to some banal topic. "haircuts" maybe. you don't know anything about haircuts.
- feeling this may alienate you from others when the topic of haircuts comes up in conversation, you research what you believe to be the basics: here are some common haircuts, here are the names of those haircuts, here are the types of faces that may suit each cut better. perfect. you now know the normal amount of facts and figures about haircuts.
- the time has come. the conversation is about haircuts. you expertly weave your artificial experience into an offhand remark, confident you have just sent a strong signal of being relatable and down-to-earth. nobody knows what you're talking about. you learned Too Much about haircuts.
