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[@Vilageidiotx]

The next level we've termed as tech-wanking. That's when you go on-and-on about the mundane technical specifics of something technical, like a car: or commonly a gun, tank, or something for combat.

It's usually dry but it crops up a lot I feel in NRP where people want to be absolutely sure everyone knows they have DA BEST WEY-PAUN.
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I am fairly sure that one HAS to be a real trope. I mean, Tom Clancy exists (or existed), and if there is one thing that man loved more than America, it was intimate descriptions of military tech. 

Usually I try to avoid tech descriptions because I figure that, if I go into detail there, I will reveal that I am absolutely a dip-shit.