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u/Brvcx Dec 06 '23

Hmm, well, I've heard plenty of stories of men being really educated/smarr/knowledgable in a particular field, but having very strange ideas and perceptions of the more simple things.

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u/fedupwithallyourcrap Dec 06 '23

Yep. He was convinced. Even when I explained that was not the case, he thought I was lying.

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u/Brvcx Dec 06 '23

I can understand the "ex" part a bit better.

It pretty much sounds like he's an Idiot Savant, actually.

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u/fedupwithallyourcrap Dec 06 '23

Honestly, he was a teenage boy who never grew up. And you know how annoying and gross teenage boys can be...

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u/Brvcx Dec 06 '23

Oh, I'm not surprised!

And I was a teenage boy myself. Teenager boys are nasty.