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The joke is a nerd is rattling on about history and people are bored by it and left the conversation. It's a classic nerd post, where someone tries to show how

The joke is a nerd is rattling on about history and people are bored by it and left the conversation. It's a classic nerd post, where someone tries to show how cool they are to other nerds by showing that uncool they are to "normies"

frereubu 3y ago
Having been following Sam Freedman for a while I'm pretty sure it wasn't about showing how cool he is - it's self-deprecating rather than self-aggrandizing.
- oh_sigh 3y ago
  Except if you're following him on Twitter you're probably thinking "omg he loves history so much just like me, how cool is he?", not "actually, yes, this person is boring and so uninteresting that people walk away from him while he's talking. Maybe I should unfollow him"
  - frereubu 3y ago
    You're making some pretty big assumptions about a stranger on the internet there.
  - kergonath 3y ago
    You are looking for details that support your premise, you are reasoning in circles. It definitely is not a good way to show how cool you are, even though there are many contrarians around here.
    - oh_sigh 3y ago
      I'm not looking for details to support my premise, I am analyzing the tweet. I don't know if it is a good way to show how cool you are or not, but I do know that it is more of a humble brag than merely self-disparagement. Really, you can just look at the tweet replies to see how his audience took it. If this tweet was really just self disparagement, you would expect the replies, if any, perhaps to be advice on how to hold a better conversation. Instead, you get people saying "I regret we don't hang out more", "Gosh, you make me smile", "This made me laugh, do the same to mine on various topics", and "I feel seen". He's playing to his audience by making himself look uncool to the general public. There's nothing wrong with this. It doesn't make him a bad person. But the fact that someone couldn't clearly recognize this kind of boggles my mind.

frereubu 3y ago

Having been following Sam Freedman for a while I'm pretty sure it wasn't about showing how cool he is - it's self-deprecating rather than self-aggrandizing.

oh_sigh 3y ago
Except if you're following him on Twitter you're probably thinking "omg he loves history so much just like me, how cool is he?", not "actually, yes, this person is boring and so uninteresting that people walk away from him while he's talking. Maybe I should unfollow him"
- frereubu 3y ago
  You're making some pretty big assumptions about a stranger on the internet there.
- kergonath 3y ago
  You are looking for details that support your premise, you are reasoning in circles. It definitely is not a good way to show how cool you are, even though there are many contrarians around here.
  - oh_sigh 3y ago
    I'm not looking for details to support my premise, I am analyzing the tweet. I don't know if it is a good way to show how cool you are or not, but I do know that it is more of a humble brag than merely self-disparagement. Really, you can just look at the tweet replies to see how his audience took it. If this tweet was really just self disparagement, you would expect the replies, if any, perhaps to be advice on how to hold a better conversation. Instead, you get people saying "I regret we don't hang out more", "Gosh, you make me smile", "This made me laugh, do the same to mine on various topics", and "I feel seen". He's playing to his audience by making himself look uncool to the general public. There's nothing wrong with this. It doesn't make him a bad person. But the fact that someone couldn't clearly recognize this kind of boggles my mind.