@catswhocode i'm told i come across as lecturing, or talking down to people because i know more than them. i really feel bad about that because i absolutely don't mean it that way. i'm trying to share something that brings me great joy, thinking maybe it will bring other people joy too.
I may have done the same, because I just don't talk about my special interests. I geek out on my own, and if someone asks I say something minimizing, and clearly designed to cut off more questions.
I have many folders on my personal laptop, filled with stuff, and I have boxes of things in my bedroom closet that pay tribute to former (and maybe future) interests.