you're essentially asking somebody to talk about their hobby, so it makes sense

Absolutely. Everyone started somewhere, vast majority of the time everyone at the gym is rooting for you. And the people who aren't are probably not worth respecting enough to care at all about their opinion

it can be scary to talk to strangers at the gym, but I've had nothing but good experiences asking for help whether it's form checks, spotting, asking to work in if the equipment you need is being used (help them load/unload their weight if you do this!), or even asking for help finding some weights or equipment (i wasn't sure if the gym I was at had 2.5lb plates, asked, dude helped me look between his sets and found some). Of course there are always the occasional assholes, but I think they're pretty rare, especially if you're not an asshole first

What's even slur here lol

A slur for white people who "act black."

white... y'know

4chan slang is like zoomer slang, except it’s all racist.

Pretty fly for a white guy

Wanna be + N-word : Wigger.

Yeah, in my experience gym goers are pretty helpful and will ask if they can help if they see someone not too familiar with excersises.

When I was for the first time in a gym I had no idea what I was doing and was just randomly going from tool to tool. Someone saw that asked me if I had a traiing plan. Of course I didn't and he made me a simple one and gave it to me the next time I was there and explained some basics to me and how I should mofify it for what I wanted to achieve.

I agree, though often negative expecations come from expetiences too. If you got bullied in high school, the idea that there are people who want to help you becomes alien.

Being terminally online is not always the root cause of a skewed view of reality. It's one step away from anxiety alone.