I seriously doubt that in most social situations, HN-like discourse would be considered "interesting". Geeks find the constant back-and-forth of corrections in

I seriously doubt that in most social situations, HN-like discourse would be considered "interesting". Geeks find the constant back-and-forth of corrections in dialogue to be interesting and educational. Non-geeks do not; they lose interest by about the second iteration, and will become annoyed shortly after.