You mean You Don't Know?

I am very perplexed when people go 'you mean you don't know??!' when I ask them something. Obviously I don't otherwise I wouldn't have asked..

And when you want to ask them questions, because you're curious and you want to find out more, some people get this superior attitude like 'oh my goodness, you mean you don't know about that?' What a way of discouraging others from cultivating an inquisitive mindset. Rather than judging others, we should inspire them to be a little less ignorant.

I feel like there're so many things about which I want to ask and learn, but I feel so disheartened when I'm put down from not knowing 'enough' or when I'm expressing my own views on the matter. It really just makes me want to shut up and find things out on my own.

Ah well. Perhaps this is my own bruised ego talking. And I am aware of my own shortcomings as well, of judging people who I feel are 'ignorant'. But alas, I know that it shouldn't be so. Rather than criticising what is lacking in others, I need to inspire them, support them to grow and learn more. And that goes for myself as well. It'd be shameful and painful to admit what is lacking in me, but I hope that I shall boast in my weaknesses, and see them as opportunities to grow.