I'm all for sandboxing, experimenting, trying things out and casting things off. What I'm pointing at are people who think they're actually considering ideas a

I'm all for sandboxing, experimenting, trying things out and casting things off. What I'm pointing at are people who think they're actually considering ideas as if they're trying to better themselves or understand a situation or concept so as to learn how to integrate it into their consciousness, but really they're just seeking mental stimulation with no intent to grow or take any real meaningful action. If you make no claims to be toying with concepts for the purposes of actually implementing them, I respect your choice to do so since I know what to expect. But I'm more pointing at the types who might like appearing as if they're seriously considering ideas and how to implement them, but in reality they're fairly complacent. The easy solve here would be to not present yourself as if you're actually going to do anything with the concepts you play around with in your head for amusement, and just own up to treating all this as a frivolous mental exercise. There's absolutely value in that, and there's no shame in owning it proudly.