Slime wrote:
> When talking to people that you want to find you interesting, keep it simple 
> so you don't scare them off.

Yeah, I guess. This particular individual, I don't especially care what 
she thinks about me. Hence the rather vertical description. (But I think 
she might have spotted the pile of papers as I attempted to derive a 
Taylor series from first principles while waiting for Windows to install...)

>>   You look like you're falling asleep there.
>>
>>   Uh? Oh, no, I'm just thinking.
>>
>>   What are you thinking about?
>>
>>   Math.
>>
>>   What??
>>
>>   (You won't be asked "what??" because everyone knows what math is.)
>>
>>   ...why?
>>
>>   Oh, it's this thing I'm working on. It uses fractals and stuff. It's 
>> pretty cool.

How many normal humans know what a "factal" is? Not many, IME.

> If they're interested, they'll ask more questions. If they're not, they 
> won't think you're crazy.

It's just the way she looked at me like I was some sort of freak of 
nature or something... *sigh*

Mind you, given who we're talking about here, that's kind of the pot 
calling the kettle black. :-P

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