In my example, it was "Maybe they don't want to listen to this radio show because it's a podcast. But it's playing live in their city! But not today, so I better warn him." So that's not just one detail, but TWO that I'm giving to someone who's already disinterested.
I also have vivid memories of rambling on and on and on to atillathehung about, of all things, Homestar Runner. Ideally, Homestar Runner fandom should be expressed solely by the wearing of T-shirts and the occasional blogging of links to cartoons. Hardcore otaku might make a Halloween costume or update the HRwiki. Yet here I was, with three beers in me, talking to a guy with a wife, friends, a band, a full-time job, fulfilling hobbies, and enough social skills not only to hold onto it, but to get it all back if he should ever lose it all. And some retarded part of my brain thinks that this guy would not only have any use whatsoever for a silly web cartoon that's full of inside jokes, but also be receptive to me explaining some of the jokes that he's never seen. And I've had jokes from things I haven't seen explained to me. It's never worked. But here I was, blabbing about how Strong Bad flips people off through his boxing glove. Whatever would I hope to gain from that?
That's probably why I post so much on LJ. I have about thirty people on my friends list. If two of them are interested enough to comment, big win for me.
Man... I don't know, I think stuff like that is pretty forgiveable. So long as you're not constantly in monologue mode. The problem, I guess, with working out when you're boring people is that you have to do it multiple times before you figure out that's what's happening (I assume?). With above example, though, I'd say send the man the link and drop the subject. I am somewhat amazed that he'd never heard of it, though.
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Date: 2006-07-03 06:29 pm (UTC)IM conversations are gonna be a little trickier, obviously, but there are still cues there.
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Date: 2006-07-03 06:55 pm (UTC)I also have vivid memories of rambling on and on and on to
That's probably why I post so much on LJ. I have about thirty people on my friends list. If two of them are interested enough to comment, big win for me.
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Date: 2006-07-03 07:26 pm (UTC)With above example, though, I'd say send the man the link and drop the subject. I am somewhat amazed that he'd never heard of it, though.