Clouded in mist

I was calling a corporate helpdesk today and I had to hold myself back from starting my question with “hey, I’ve got a noob question here”. Typically in the online world, most people open their sentence with that if it’s going to be about something trivial, me included, and prolonged usage dragged it into real life, but I’m sure the operator at the helpdesk would’ve had a funny or confused expression on their face if they weren’t used to online communities.