that's a thing, sure, but at least personally most of the time it's neither of these, it's "i have so much knowledge of this topic lodged inside my brain that it's fighting to escape and i have a profound need to talk about it to others, and there is no greater joy in life than having a person ask follow-up questions"

[–] Tobberone@lemm.ee 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And it would be so much better if that something was something others actually find interesting. Instead its something esoteric like energy storage solutions, or the difference between b550 and x570. I was once asked, "what's the difference between m-ATX and mini-ITX?" And I knew way to much about it to be socially healthy...

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

This is what I like about the makerspace community. We get a lot of new members who almost reflectively react to the perceived "WTF are they talking about, why won't they shut up?" vibe that most people give off. It's an amazing trainwreck when they realise that they are not only not annoying people with it, but that people have an active interest!

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

m-ATX is if you need a computer without excessive IO, mini-ITX is when you have to choose between proper VRM and a second DIMM slot. Oh, and pay double for less than half the real estate.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago

you will fucking love sociology and philosophy then.

the cycle goes something like this:

You write a shitty book about philosophy.
Someone else reads your shitty book. Decides they have a lot of thoughts on your shitty book, and then write their own shitty book about it.
You then read that book, because now reading is the only thing you do in your time ever (on account of the philosophy) and now you have more thoughts on the topic, and so you write another shitty book.

And this is how we get shit like "incars" philosophy is truly incredible.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

That sounds like you may too few people in your life to talk a lot and deeply to? Or you simply have a way higher urge to talk than the average person