Several people have learned if I warn them an explanation will be long, I don't mean "oh I like long walks on the beach but after 2 minutes I want to turn around" long. I mean "heat death of the universe" long.

Example: someone asked me to explain something while playing halo. I told him to make sense of it I need to explain some history, do you want the long version or short version. Long version is long. They said long version. 3 hours later, they fully understood their answer and never asked me to explain anything again.

And then in 1998 Congress passed the so-called "Sonny Bono" Copyright Term Extension Act extending the term of copyright to 95 years for work-for-hire works and life plus 70 years for other works and you wouldn't believe what Sonny Bono's widow Congresswoman Mary Bono said about how long copyright terms should last.

The other day, on work lunch, someone mentioned that their cousin bought a 3d printer and it was "so cool" and I said "yeah I have 2" and nothing more. That was very hard

This is the craziest rhetoric I've ever heard. People love hearing interests from a fanatics perspective. If you have an almost unhealthy interest in something, test the waters. See how much the recipient is interested in hearing you talk about this, and if they are, go all out. I've learned so many interesting and niche things I never would have by engaging with people with hyper fixated interests.

I never... don't do that!:-P

sure, I've played Dark Souls. never dug too much into the lore, though...

Me whenever someone mentions anything vaguely resembling measurement

[autistic hyperfixation noises intensify]

Don't mention the external HD full of lumberjack porn.

Don't mention the external HD full of lumberjack porn.

Don't mention the external HD full of lumberjack porn.

lol yeah trees are pretty.