> get extremely frustrated ... when conversation temporarily drifts to non-book-related topics I think every hobby related group I have participated has had th

> get extremely frustrated ... when conversation temporarily drifts to non-book-related topics I think every hobby related group I have participated has had that to a certain extent. During sports activities people talk about other stuff. At the gym, people joke around. In debates club when I was in school we talked about other stuff. Hell, even at a hackathon, maybe 5-10% of the conversation is not about the app or the hackathon. Even the journal club in grad school always started and ended with non-science talk. I have never been frustrated. People are social, and there is value to creating multifaceted connections with other people.