Do you like tossing out random facts?

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glenna74
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06 Jan 2010, 1:05 am

Yes, maybe random was the wrong word. The facts I spew follow my train of thought... just not necessarily the same train of thought of the people with whom I am speaking.

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06 Jan 2010, 1:36 am

Willard wrote:

:roll: I am constantly interrupting people in mid-sentence to interject some bit of random useless trivia that popped up in my head as a result of something they just said.

If I don't say it right then, I'll forget, and who knows they may need that bit of information someday, after all they were discussing a related subject just now. And of course, by the time I'm done chasing my irrelevant rabbit far afield and have completely lost the trail - both of us have forgotten what we were discussing in the first place...

That describes me 100%. It's good to know I'm not the only eccentric guy who did this.

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06 Jan 2010, 1:15 pm

Yes. I'll interrupt people, as I feel I'm almost going to burst, with random facts, sometimes about nothing that has to do with what they're saying. If I don't, then I may forget.

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06 Jan 2010, 1:20 pm

pensieve wrote:

I always tell people facts about Space, I have to stop myself from mentioning the Big Bang around my mum though.

Religious type? If so, I understand that. I just had a "lively" conversation with my mother the other day over such things--she's the heavy duty evangelical type and I'm closer to a deist. It wasn't a bad conversation, but not really good either; she probably sees me as a heretic now.

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06 Jan 2010, 1:45 pm

Willard wrote:

And of course, by the time I'm done chasing my irrelevant rabbit far afield and have completely lost the trail - both of us have forgotten what we were discussing in the first place...

I had that problem for most of my life, but somehow a few years ago I figured out how to peg the beginning of my tangent and I'm now usually able to cover 4-5 interwoven subjects and how they relate then come full circle AND give a summarizing paragraph as to why everything I just said is related to whatever was said that set me off! I do occasionally forget, but when I pull it off it's spectacular (although perhaps only to me). I'm sure it's absolutely boring to other people, although I have one friend who will listen for a half hour or more, for which I love her dearly.

my husband did observe once that when I go off on one of my "things" he's pretty sure I'll never find my way back and he commented at the time that the fact that I do find my way back with such consistency is amazing. he might have been making fun of me though :roll:

if we go on tangents together it's pretty much a lost cause, though.

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06 Jan 2010, 1:47 pm

But did you know the two moons of Mars are called Phobos and Deimos after the Greek gods?

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06 Jan 2010, 2:28 pm

LuxoJr wrote:

For example, on Monday, people in our class were talking about how great Avatar was, and I started ranting about how it was only visually brilliant, rather than story-wise.
And how it was a bit unoriginal and people got mad at me =P

I agree. The story of that movie was full with clichès and predictable moments. I also agree that, while the stroy was less than satisfactory, the visuals were very well done.

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06 Jan 2010, 5:09 pm

Willard wrote:

I will add my voice to the chorus of, "me too!"

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06 Jan 2010, 5:12 pm

I toss out random facts, all the time. I like to make people think, and I enjoy teaching people about random things.

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07 Jan 2010, 11:05 am

It's a compulsion, but I enjoy it.

Someone mentions something, I pop off the first relevant thing that comes into my head, scientific name, definition, historical connection, explanation, relevance to other categories, so on.

Spelling as well.

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07 Jan 2010, 12:29 pm

My son loves tossing out random facts.

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07 Jan 2010, 3:01 pm

visagrunt wrote:

Willard wrote:

I will add my voice to the chorus of, "me too!"

Me three!! !

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KazigluBey wrote:

I'm notorious for correcting people when they say something that is factually incorrect. A good example is around Thanksgiving, I am constantly correcting the false notion that tryptophan found in turkey is the cause of feeling tired after eating.

Tryptophan not the culprit!?! What is the cause?

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07 Jan 2010, 3:29 pm

smokiethebear912 wrote:

P.S.

KazigluBey wrote:

Tryptophan not the culprit!?! What is the cause?

Eating too much as well as eating foods that have a high caloric density.

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07 Jan 2010, 3:46 pm

Oh yea. Random is a good term for the facts I throw out too.

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07 Jan 2010, 10:15 pm

Yes. I try to say them to a lot of people. Some get annoyed...

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08 Jan 2010, 1:59 pm

Yeah, I do.

Matter of fact, it's what I do best.

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