Once you hit'em with the "coelacanth is closer related to us than gold fish" gambit, which leads to the "what is fish" manoeuvre, and finish them with a "whales are fish and birds are reptiles" pincer attack, they're as good as gone.
Wait.
Hank Green has helped me see the light. Whales are fish! Whales are fish!!!
Me: Rambling about some esoteric topic that has no practical application to any part of my life.
My Wife: Listening intently even though she has no clue what I'm talking about.
I usually realize how long I've been going on when she starts smiling because she "thinks it's cute."
I don't often feel like I've won the jackpot, but I sure did with this lady.
I also choose this guy's alive wife.
A keeper for sure. Just be sure to respond in kind.
Next time tip the scales in your favor with a more positive approach. Little less coelaCAN'Th, little more coelacCANth.
So she's knowledgeable and passionate about something and can hold a conversation instead of making the other person do all the work?
And he ghosted her???
Exactly my thoughts. Not just knowing a lot about something but also being willing to talk about it. So many people with actual interesting shit to say keep it to themselves until several interactions in. Like Yeats said
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
This is how my wife courted me, except with René Magritte instead of coelacanths.
You may be entitled to seek compensation.
Why, did someone take an apple to the face?
I would love to meet someone who had so much enthusiasm for a topic that they want to teach me about it. I may not always understand, but I would listen to her all night long.
This is me. Im in this meme. I love coelacanths and fish.
swoons I love all topics evolution and nerd-adjacent. This is the type of date I wish I could go on instead of everyone conforming to some imagined idea of fleeting coolness or throwing money around. retches Relevant video
Coelacanth facts are hot. But you’d best be prepared for an equal measure of trilobite facts.
Best I can offer is four hours of railway trivia with the occasional rant on whatever specific subject my stream of trivia happens to hit upon
Calling a mere 30 minutes “extensive” is a wild take. 2.5 hours into googology and I haven’t even started talking about Rayo’s number, tetration, or up-arrow notation yet.
The lighter side of ADHD
