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[darchildre]

My new supervisor brought up Doctor Who this morning which led to an extended conversation about our experience of the show, about which two things:

a) Talking about nerd stuff with new people at work is so weird - the whole careful feeling out of "How nerdy can I be about this thing before you start thinking it's strange? What jokes and references are you going to get and which should I keep under wraps? Which of my strongly-held opinions on this are appropriate for future conversations?" It feels much more fraught than doing the same things in non-work spaces.

b) Man, I haven't watched any Doctor Who in ages, maybe I should do that this evening.

Comments

[silveradept]

It is more fraught in work spaces because if you step wrong, you still have to work with that person, even if they are the kind of person who [unpopular-to-you Doctor Who Opinion.]

[sfred]

I sympathise with your (a)!