I'm really kind of floored that my simple little post seems to have been so contentious. People seem to have interpreted my comment as something to the effect t

I'm really kind of floored that my simple little post seems to have been so contentious. People seem to have interpreted my comment as something to the effect that gun talk shouldn't be allowed. All I meant to say, however, was what I said--that a lot of people are simply not going to understand dense gun talk. I don't think your comment is true, either. I'd be very surprised if most people here were ashamed, even slightly, of their ignorance on any given 'nerd' subject. Very often, the top comments in a story are either explanations or requests for explanations followed by explanations, maybe followed by more requests for clarification. I also bet I can find more people here proud of their ignorance about say, Haskell monads, than about guns, judging by how loud they are about it. Finally, Justin Bieber is a subject of a different nature--his prominence in culture is disproportionately higher than his importance, so people usually don't want to hear about it. Not a fair comparison.