I am not that good at talking in person or explaining myself, even less so when it comes to things I like
I donāt know why I always have a hard time with this, but I just canāt help but give up on explaining many of the things I like which are unfamiliar to a lot of people.
Using Linux is usually acceptable enough, unless I am on my window manager and I canāt explain what key bindings do what, or what even is a key binding at all.
Doing magic tricks tends to be like āhow did you do it?ā and me being like āitās a secretā and then not knowing how to continue the conversation.
Speedsolving a Rubikās cube is entertaining for a couple minutes but then they want to borrow, twist its corners, or spend an hour teaching them how to solve it.
Reading manga leads to trying to summarize random stories that are kind of cringe out of context, unless itās a sports manga maybe, which still seems childish.
People borrowing my phone are unable to recognize the apps because of my icon pack, the hidden dock, and using gestures for everything with Nova Launcher.
Gaming on my retro handhelds is kind of normal, until they ask what Iām playing and itās not Mario, PokemĆ³n or FIFA. The answer tends to be āA role-playing game,ā usually Final Fantasy which leads people to just nod, trying to explain what Final Fantasy is doesnāt help.
Also, trying to even pronounce RG35XX SP in Spanish is absolutely painful. But here it is: Erre je treinta y cinco equis equis ese pe.
Add to this the few times I donāt even know what words to use because I learn in English rather than Spanish and thereās many words I just know and think in English and canāt translate in real time at all!
But the thing is, I know that I am for sure, not the craziest guy out there, I donāt know that much about Linux, thereās a lot of of card handling techniques I canāt do well, I am definitely not the fastest cuber, not even in my small city, I donāt really read that much mangaāthis oneās up for debateāand I donāt play videogames that often, my Android setup is pretty standardāfor a Nova Launcher user at least.
I donāt really feel like I do anything truly weird or special, but at the same time I donāt really know how to explain things like this to people. I am into a lot of rabbit holes that require quite a bit of prior knowledge, but thatās it, I am not an expert at anything, I am not truly addicted to anything.
I kinda want to delete this post because it feels kind of entitled, I guess I just wanted to write something and if you want to know the true reason behind it, itās this: I couldāt explain Sakamoto Daysā premise to a co-worker and I felt kinda cringe about it.
I should have said āthis manga is about a retired hitman who protects his family from the organization he used to work forā, but I didnāt remember the Spanish word for hitman and I had to explain what that was, and I didnāt mention that there are assasins after him either so it kinda sounded like he just killed random people, and then I had to explain what manga was, and how did I even had access to it for free, but then the conversation deviated to something else and it was too late to backtrack and explain things properly at that point.
I guess Iām just pretty awkward when it comes to talking to people.
