I think it can be tough for technical minded people like us. It’s tough for me. My most lasting friendships have been the ones I made in grade school. I hear th

I think it can be tough for technical minded people like us. It’s tough for me. My most lasting friendships have been the ones I made in grade school. I hear that is strangely common in Minnesota because so few leave, and when they do, they often return. There was a similar thread to this a couple years back, and I had a number of people contact me. I honestly tried and I just didn’t connect with any of them. I think it comes down to the specificity of our interests and having trouble even finding a shared vocabulary. I think that is part of why so many of us rally around fandoms so fervently, it’s a strong shared interest and culture. For better or worse I have just never cared about a fiction enough to have much to say.