Ever notice how people who are enthusiasts in a hobby - any hobby - have a really poor understanding of how much you - a layperson outside of that hobby - simply don't give a shit, and how much they overestimate the effort/time/money you are prepared to consider reasonable? It's like there's a really big gulf between what you consider normal and what they consider normal behaviour in regards to that special interest, and there's not much understanding between either group of how the other person sees it.
A few examples:
- You're not someone who typically exercises but you decide you want to lose a few pounds, so you do some research. You go to a fitness advice forum and you're overwhelmed by people telling you to completely change your diet and start dedicated 3-5 hours a week on consistent rigorous training, keep an exercise log, count your calories and macronutrients...
- You want a new watch - just something that you think looks nice and tells the time - you speak to some people who know about watches and the cheapest option they give you starts at $300 "for something really basic". They talk a lot about brands to avoid if you don't want to look like everyone else, although you can't remember ever once taking note of how regular someone else's watch looks
- You want to go camping and you speak to people who go camping a lot for advice and walk away with the impression that you're going to need to spend literally thousands of dollars to get started
And then from the other side of the fence, maybe you don't understand how someone thinks what you're doing is a big deal because it's so simple and cost-effective from your perspective.
- You don't understand why anyone would spend $500 for a games console when they could build a PC for around that and get extra functionality etc.
- Maybe you like car detailing and you have no idea why someone would want to damage their paint work by taking it through an automatic car wash or washing it with a dish scourer...