i bet pretending not to know things is often a good substitute an upside is you get to hear people go on about [thing] and learn more about who they are this is also a downside also youre still aware of things in the end: also bad still maybe the best infovores can dohttps://twitter.com/literalbanana/status/1008714338574585856 …
frequently i cultivate intense knowledge of obscure but neutral subjects (eg, merovingian dynasts) to cover my tracks