Is there a term for that phenomenon where someone gets so far into a topic that they become unaware of how much contextual knowledge they have about it?

Then they write some inscrutable technical docs, use unexplained acronyms, or tell a story about “he”, "she’ and/or “they” where you have no idea who they’re talking about.

  • @cheese_greater
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    31 year ago

    ![relevant](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/average_familiarity.png)

    *[Relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/2501/)*

    Use the format as given here without the backticks like this