Baldur's Gate 3 Has Taught Me D&D's Eldritch Blast Memes Were True

In the rare times I've had, well, the time to actually play Dungeons & Dragons, I've never played a Warlock. I usually go for some form of Ranger, or a more traditional caster class. But in my many years adjacent to the biggest TTRPG around, I've heard the rumors about Eldritch Blast being the D&D equivalent of...