Quote Originally Posted by Ronduwil View Post
You're misunderstanding the source of the shock. The shock happens when someone who is playing a video game to relax and have fun encounters someone who is playing a video game as a substitute for IRL employment/achievements. No one expects a random player to suddenly start channeling their supervisor from work, and they certainly don't enjoy it. You don't have to tell anyone that they're playing wrong. More often than not, they know, and they don't care. If they cared about your opinion or wanted your tips, they would ask for it. If they ask, feel free to constructively pipe up. Better yet, if you want to educate players, create guides and post them on YouTube, Reddit, and/or Discord. The players who care will seek them out and thank you for it. There's no need to shock anyone.
I'm pretty sure most people in this thread are speaking in the context of savage+ raiding. "Relaxing" and "having fun" are a bit of a diminished priority in that environment, and a lot of the behaviors exhibited by your hypothetical casual player would be considered extremely poor etiquette if not toxic in the context of that setting.