I do this sometimes, but no longer because I fear looking ignorant. Unfortunately, I've realized that most people are really bad at explaining things. It's not

I do this sometimes, but no longer because I fear looking ignorant. Unfortunately, I've realized that most people are really bad at explaining things. It's not their fault, teaching is hard, but I often find asking questions to the wrong person can lead to a hard to escape, but well meaning tech rant that I can't remotely discern because it relies too much on domain knowledge. I often find that it's easier to just look it up on my own.