I’ve been in crypto since 2013 years or so and most people whenever they hear that I’m an expert they ask me about mining. I explain to them how you need specific equipment such as ASICS and low power costs. When they find out you make so little they either think I’m lying or just they give up.
Bitcoin and crypto is associated with the whole “get rich quick” mentality. Because when you think of a Bitcoin investor you think of someone that is wealthy. And it’s true for those that mined back in the day with their old GPUs. However many don’t realize that there is something called difficulty and that it’s vert difficult for a new comer to make decent money with mining let alone “get rich quick” type of money. If it was this easy, everybody would be mining instead of working.
You are right, I don't like wasting my time on newbies that want to have idea about crypto mining because in the end they will walk away, this isn't even about difficulty, some people are just too lazy to monitor rig, maintain them and tweak them too, they just want plug and play, I built one for a friend and he sold them a month later saying he doesn't like the idea