The truth is, most of the people you meet on the street are infantile, escapist people, socially inept, etc. They just escape in widely-accepted ways, and are infantile in widely-accepted ways. The idea that most people, generally, are grown-ups or informed about the world around them is just laughable. I'm not blaming them; most people have a lot to cope with. But in my experience, geeks are far more aware of reality than non-geeks.

Pamela