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David ChartierSome positivity.
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@g1m01982 Tell me your tales of Hollywood wonder, my love. I shall feast upon your knowledge like a banquet for the gods.
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Ampelios@LibertyForward1 @g1m01982 @chartier I have characters in my writing with odd special interests that rarely come up, and yet...
There's Malcolm, who likes crosswords but is bad at the pop culture questions. And there's Brand, who adores old movies.
"What studio was Ginger Rogers with, anyway?"
"Uh, Paramount?"
"Three letters."
"RKO."
[some time later, asking about a fraught moment] "So how did it go?"
"Fits, thanks."
"With Victor, you ass."
івась тарасик@chartier btw i use… wait, where are running?!.
Baral'heia Stormdancer ΘΔ🐲@chartier I love this, thank you! Also 100% agree!
Jan Ekholm@chartier I’m jealous of people that actually have these special interests that make them cool to talk to. I seem to belong to that tiny minority which is boring af.
Kenneth@chartier “We want... Information”.
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@chartier "I listen to all kinds of music I will never be bored by your special interest" mfers when I get the AUX start infodumping about the SG-1000 game Safari Hunting:
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Jason Carty@chartier I draw the line at rugby.
Tony Wells@chartier
I love other peoples enthusiasm for the things they do. I'm sometimes worried I have too many questions, so I usually start with "Oh, I have a LOT of questions, but if you don't want to talk about it, that's cool",
I love other peoples enthusiasm for the things they do. I'm sometimes worried I have too many questions, so I usually start with "Oh, I have a LOT of questions, but if you don't want to talk about it, that's cool",
CyNow that's a legendary librarian.
Violet MadderThis one person I follow is obsessed with ants in the most magnificent way
Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege@chartier this is by far the best thing about being an academic. tons of people just waiting to give you infinite details on arcane knowledge
@chartier I love to hear people speak passionately about what they love.
Caffe Neko@chartier this was and is me. As a kid I loved talking to all the grownups about all the cool stuff they knew. As a teen I loved talking with ppl in cafes. It frustrated me when ppl would only talk about superficial stupid stuff.
Christine Malec@chartier Oh I love this! I read recently that Dorothy Parker said, "the opposite of boredom is curiosity." It's my new motto.
Bodling@chartier Some people aren't as interested as they think they are. They've got one follow up question. And then their eyes glaze over.
I've learned to stop (sometimes in mid sentence!) and apologize with something like "but I know I can sometimes rattle on." And I've never had someone urge me to continue.
mirabilos@chartier why is this a screenshot with not even a link to the original (which I vaguely recall liking)?
Gray Abbott@chartier except for Crossfit...
in_sympathy@chartier something I always told everyone around and at the same time it’s something very few people truly understand and share
Niclas HedhmanI am pretty much the same. However, very few people I meet IRL have any "special interests". I think it goes hand-in-hand with the "sheeple" slur.