system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why do many laymen roll their eyes at philosophy?

It seems much of the public see it as an intellectual wank. A pretentious exercise using word games and manipulating language to make grand pronouncements about nature. Why do so many imagine philosophers pondering "is reality real?" and other such nonsense?
gpt
The technical side of philosophy takes a lot of effort to learn and the nontechnical side of philosophy is usually presented to a lay audience as asking them questions and getting their opinion on things like 'is there a soul?', 'what is the right thing to do?', and 'what is the meaning of life?'  That leads to them thinking its all about opinions because they're not exposed to the rigour, and the fact that the questions are broad and they're not given an adequate basis for how to think about the questions leads them to think we're just sitting here thinking about nothing.

Everybody has had to do a hard math problem and gotten the right answer, very few people have worked through the point/counterpoint of a philosophical conversation and been left with a clearer view of the issues involved.  That amount of immersion is hard to give to lay people.

TL;DR: People think we philosophize the same way they philosophize: wandering and wondering aimlessly through 'deep' questions.