Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else feel the urge to infodump when they are in social situations? For example, tonight I went to a lovely raclette evening with some people from my church and a few people were wondering where raclette cheese came from and I just felt the urge to spend 20 minutes explaining all about how it was from Switzerland and all about Swiss food and how it relates to Swiss culture.
Then someone else started talking about visiting Argentina and I felt the urge to spend 20 minutes discussing Juan and Eva Peron and the history of Argentina.
I have learned from past experience that infodumping like this does not tend to be socially acceptable so I stopped myself from doing it but just wondered if anyone else feels the need to do this sometimes, especially in social situations
I'm another silent infodumper. I don't have the confidence to say it out loud, except to my wife. I probably had too many negative experiences as a child (although as my infodumping there would have been largely about Doctor Who, maybe it's no surprise no one was interested). Although I don't know that I could spend twenty minutes talking even to my wife. I tend to favour brevity and concision.