I would like to hear this 27 minute lecture on sea monster map placement.

No no no. You need to start by explaining the evolution of mapmaking, before focusing on the monsters.
Non-map people don't have enough background on maps, so you must provide that first.

Unironically if I went on a date with someone and they infodumped for 30 minutes about sea monsters on old maps I think I'd fall in love lmao.

If she doesn't want to hear your dissertation on sea monsters then she's not the one.

This thread is completely devoid of map sea monster facts and that’s a travesty

But when it works it's oh so awesome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemi_(comic_strip)

I never wondered why the map sea monsters were placed in the locations that they were placed in.

I am now wondering why the map sea monsters were placed in the locations that they were placed in.

I mean, 27 minutes barely seems enough for a proper introduction to such a vast subject.

She got lucky, clearly her date was actually a sea monster disguised as a human, a clear attempt as using lonely humans as a slightly more ethical food source rather than sailors who might have family at home waiting for their return.

I'd date them

Try dating other autists, normies don't uh, speak your love language.

If you don't use visual aids, what do you expect?

Monologues are not allowed to exceed 5 minutes on a date.

She was probably turned off by the fact that they aren't maps, but rather nautical charts. :(

These comments are how I know that the Fediverse are my people.

Id definitely take sea monsters on maps so long as opposed to hearing how much they hate their ex

Autistic dating

OP was the sea monster all along.

Wow, she sounds awesome. Too bad I’m a gay man lol

Maybe not 🧐 enough detail on their typology? Did you discuss their independent emergence in various unrelated mapping traditions?

It must be not discussing their emergence in various distinct mapping traditions.

you gotta explain the sea monsters by hardness on the mohs scale. rookie mistake

maybe she has a strong preference for sky monsters!

27 minutes? You could cover the main options (Somebody says they saw a monster there, to signal some other danger, or to fill space in uncharted waters) in a few minutes.

This post is me but with fish instead of maps

I posted this comment on the same meme in a different comm, but it's worth saying again:

I'm a big proponent of "showing your weird" -- I've always liked weird people because they don't appear to be hiding anything, they just have a genuine quality normal people don't, whereas people who seem "perfect" or "normal" (whatever that means) are often too good to be true, and are fucked up in a way they have to hide.

I've had success showing my weird; it weeds out those who would not want me, and that prevents wasted time and energy on something that'd never work.

All this being said, if I were on a date with a person and they started doing this, well, I'd be extremely interested.

Maybe a sea monster ate her ice cream.

As a cartographer I’d be right there with you talking this out.

Ha ha ha.

Same happend to me :(

Because you were a bore! Everyone knows 25 minutes is the limit on that one theme!

Some people who were supposed to report on those areas didn't, so myths about "there be dragons" spread.

I fit it all in one sentence. What's so hard?