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Perhaps this has happened to you:

You are having a pleasant conversation with a friend when the topic suddenly veers towards something that, while utterly obscure, is a treasured subject of obsession for you. Perhaps someone brings up the franchise history of the Los Angeles Dodgers, or famously-snubbed Oscar nominees, or the diverse moons of Jupiter, or Batman.

Abruptly, your brain pistons begin firing in flawless rhythm, tiny neuron men heap shovels of coal into the central furnace, and that dark, wet engine begins dredging up bits of trivia and obsessive minutiae that sane minds have long forgotten.

Your friend recognizes the exterior signs of this process, and begins subtly telegraphing that he/she is not eager to receive the vast volume of useless knowledge you are about to heave forth. He/she nods repeatedly, stares at the carpet, or stirs his/her coffee at varying speeds.

But it is not your choice to stop talking, now. You note their disinterest with the apologetic eyes of a train conductor whose locomotive has jumped the tracks, and is barreling down upon the thin iron fence of a local playground. This is the terrible price of nerdery: every now and then the seal is broken, and these arcane forces devour unsuspecting conversations as sacrifice.