Unsolicited advice and armchair experts are always a gas. You just ask them a few questions and their whole world unravels.

People can tell about god too.

The extreme form of the "hopeless singleton", is what Americans call "incels" - men who cannot underdtand their bachelorhood is due to their own weaknesses they may or may not be able to overcome, but who turn into bitter mysoginists following frauds like the Tate brothers.

Worse than commenting on what has happened, the political pundits who do use the same sources but merely speculate or try to second-guess what is yet to happen.


Some more:

Those who justify their fundamentally weak way of doing something by, "But I've always done it this way!" Why? "'Cos Grandma did".

Middle-managers with an "ology" in cliche-ridden management but no experience in the organisations' real work; so manage for the sake of managing more than the firm's real purpose.

Self-styled "tech" wizards who try to teach a novice by exclaiming "That's easy! Anyone can do it", barging the tyro aside and demonstrating their arcane skill in a blur of fingers on keys. (I remember a proper IT tutor warning her class about such people!)

Those who fondly try to tell the professionals how to do something, confessing having "learnt" it from Ewe-toob.

Those who insist driving or cycling skill means going as fast and recklessly as possible - if "cylists", on the pavement not road. They of course are dangerous, not just arrogant egotists.

Swimmers who refuse to believe anyone admitting being a weak swimmer due to insufficient bouyancy, not just lack of stamina or technical ability. It is unusual, but some people physically can not float, or not enough to be able to swim.


The Great Family Now-we-all; so fondly cited by so-called "lifestyle journalists", sorry, "columnists".

The similar who use the words "iconic", "greatest", best" etc; for the most ephemeral, meretricious pot-boilers and "celebrities". They mean only that they like it; and likely ignore any genuine talent.

The art-critics who cannot understand the serious point behind, so deride, popular sneers like "My four-year-old could do better!" about what we are to think brilliant. The point of course being that even if not understanding the work, most of we mere mortals appreciate evident skill.

Those who complain "the youth of today are not interested in making anything" are making a sweeping, incorrect generalisation. Nevertheless, the youngsters can't help it if the grown-ups around them won't encourage and help them to be practical.

so many self appointed geniuses.

You actually sumed that up very accurately. 🙂