I’m always surprised when it happens. 99% of the time I’m just tolerated, but every once in a while someone asks. Happened last night. I was sooooooooo happy.

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    That was an incredibly interesting read about a topic I never knew I’d find interesting. Thanks!

    I just read the Wikipedia page on that diagonal. Also something I had never thought about before.

    And don’t assume I think you’re an idiot for not adding more. I knew nothing before I read this and now I know a lot. If you do remember something (and remember this comment), feel free to reply. I love learning stuff

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      6 months ago

      Thank you, it was very nice of you to say. I really am better at it in person, I tend to get off on a lot more tangents, which can be interesting or tedious depending on your point of view.

      There are some stunning areas in the diagonal, if I was a digital nomad with n EU passport that’s where I would base myself. Lots of beautiful old houses for little money, bit like Akiya in rural Japan.

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        6 months ago

        God we’d be such fast friends in real life…if you could put up with my own tangents and rambling, anyway. I love having conversations that lead me to 10 tabs of Wikipedia

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          I had a long time partner who had her own things. It was pretty normal for us to talk during and after dinner, then retreat to our own worlds. She or I would ask what the other was doing sometimes, “nothing, just reading” meant you were 10 pages deep, and chasing all the citations.

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            Ah, you’ve just described my dream wife lol

            I’ve never been diagnosed but I’m pretty sure I’m somewhere on the spectrum…it’s a shame I can’t just put “looking for an autistic partner” on a dating profile without looking like a wacko.