It's not just academic topics. It also works if you express mystification of some aspect of popular culture that any "normal" person understands. Even if you ar

It's not just academic topics. It also works if you express mystification of some aspect of popular culture that any "normal" person understands. Even if you are genuinely mystified by it. Like how is it that so many people can effortlessly memorize the names of hundreds of actors and recognize them on sight, and why do they bother?