• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    I’m in this comment and I don’t like it.

    Several times I would end up in a situation where I’m talking to someone and they mention something that peaks my interest. After that encounter, I would go home and furiously research the topic of interest becoming, essentially, a “prosumer” overnight in the subject.

    The next time I see that person, I’d talk about that subject and I would have so much more knowledge than they do that I’d talk over their head.

    Oh well.

    • nomous@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      People just want to enjoy their thing, not be infodumped at by an encyclopedia. It’s fine to read everything about the hobby but try using that to understand what interests them about the subject and relate that way.