LOL.
I’m not some cook who believes every small time practitioner is a master at manipulating energy (which is magick at its essence).
Neither am I a person who believes every old wives tale or myth I hear about spells, rituals, etc.
However, as someone who’s had certain “experiences”, I ain’t one to rule out the legitimacy of it either — having witnessed things first and secondhand.
When people actually know what they’re doing (which most don’t, to your point), the results can be detrimental.
All I can say is keep yourself protected out here because there ARE those that are fully capable of wreaking havoc on others and won’t hesitate to do so. And I won’t negate that belief just because of some stranger’s dissenting opinion.