Very much different types too. Some are just like you said and it almost feels like there's no point wasting breath on them. Others know but are trying to skate until they figure themselves out or find their first comm. But hard to tell the difference until they blow up like overgrown toddlers on the Internet or sheepishly give the "I know but".
Meanwhile ten years ago I went and anonymously apologized to the artist whose character I was ripping when I finally had my own. Guilt was too strong