> I occasionally meet people who get this - you know your domain and I know mine, and we can still talk to each other without othering. This is so true. Many p

> I occasionally meet people who get this - you know your domain and I know mine, and we can still talk to each other without othering. This is so true. Many people are all too quick to show off their knowledge at someone else's expense, when instead it could be so much more: an opportunity to share something that will be completely new to that person; to share a passion and give someone a new perspective or idea or experience or whatever and give that person an insight into your domain. That's a wonderful thing and a privilege, and to waste it by instead using the opportunity to "one-up" someone else ("you've never heard of x?! [how stupid can you be?!]") is such a shame. Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/1053/ http://xkcd.com/1053/