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I always thought it was called "learning" and that people enjoyed it (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by BackOnMyBS to c/autism
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Like, why wouldn't people be interested in knowing that the African slave trade of the colonial period actually started with Jewish kids, but they all died in the African climate of Sao Tome, so the Portuguese started buying slaves from the Congolese, which they captured from neighboring tribes, to work the fields??

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[–] Drivebyhaiku 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Info dumping is a love language.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, shit. That's it. I need someone who's Information Submissive in order to be happy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone loves an active listener

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I admit your version sounds better.

[–] Agamemnon 3 points 1 year ago

'Information Submissive' sounds perfect for me. It got just the right amount of hinting at kink. 😇

I am going to use that description from now on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just take turns.