Why are some players like this?

I don't know if this is some sort of confirmation bias at work, but I feel like I am seeing a lot of posts along the lines of "I paid no attention and did not give a fuck about a companion quest, why are they behaving this way?"

My guy. My dude in Forgotten Realms. My brother in Faerun.

Why play narrative, story-driven games if you're going to be like, "Oh I got too overwhelmed in Act 1 and just stopped paying attention to the dialogs."

I had been seeing a lot of players being shocked over "sneaky god Gale" endings recently (which prompted me to make this post in the first place) and a lot of them were some variations of "I did not take the dialog choices seriously" or "I did not pay much attention to his storyline."

The man is riddled with self doubt and insecurity from the get go, so what did you think would happen if you did not play the main character savior you were supposed to be?

To be clear, I am not talking about those instances where you mess up the companion storyline because you did not follow the exact timeline to trigger a certain scene. I'm talking specifically about people who don't pay attention to dialog choices then are pissed with the outcome.

I get it it. Games where your choices (for both character actions and dialog) actively shape and change the world can be a lot, especially if you are new to these. But come on. It's totally fine if you mess it up, but don't act like the mechanism somehow fucked you over.