Ruby gems in particular host a lot of abandonware and basically little turds that entice "I read pragprog, watch screencasts, and am now leet Rails dev!" Folks into using them with the promise of easy Lego style coding. It never ends well.
People get hyped about any language the same way. How many Erlang "experts" or Node.js "ninjas" are there out there? Give it a rest. If people want to get excited about something don't shit all over them.
Right about now is when you should go ahead and read his username, ideally out loud in your best Sean Connery voice.