I know someone. I would not go so far as to call them a friend.
Nearly every day our lives intersect he will strike up a completely unwarranted conversation on the most abstract topics and carry on in great length and detail. He prides himself an expert when talking about his fancies, he makes that very apparent with hand gestures and elite inflection. It is a very polished and practiced routine, each day a new topic and he a new master of lore. The stuff he rattles on about almost never interests me, even with me being someone who enjoys trivia and useless knowledge more than say the next guy.
Camera film, the 1988 Olympics, sexual fetishes, fluoride, burlap, any and all music (oh god the music), escort services, serial killers, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, ad infinitum.
I recently discovered (but always suspected) that whatever appears on the web-page Reddit is always the days lecture.
He is a younger man, maybe 19 or 20 years old, and never finished high-school. I can tell he wants to impress me by inventorying his brain and unloading the days catch, and I allow it to continue with "Oh yeas," and "interestings." He treats his information like he is the only one capable of reading this website. Like he has the only existing treasure map to some El Dorado of fucking news.
My new game is to bone up on Reddit in the morning and later when he starts up with his, "Did you knows," to follow up with, "yes, actually, I dids."
I am interested to see what happens when he finally catches on. I feel like it is my way of gently letting him know that regurgitating wikiknowledge does not make you seem smarter, but rather the opposite.
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