fact checker

he says no, you're wrong about
that.

he seems to know a lot about everything.
any topic

he's got
inside knowledge

and will correct you quickly.
he's an encyclopedia

of television blurbs.
it's hard
to hold a conversation with him.

it's a fact checking
ordeal.

so you reduce it down to hey,
how are you.

avoiding the news.
sports.
politics.

settling on just weather.