it's physically painful for me to stop talking about my topic

it's physically painful for everyone else to listen to you talking about your topic.. if you talk for too long that is. :)

	▲	willvarfar 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The (in)famous astronomer Tycho Brahe died from a bladder infection after politeness prevented him leaving the audience on such an occasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Illness,_death,_an...
	▲	susam 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Indeed! It's said that no talk should be longer than a microcentury. https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdf https://susam.net/microcentury.html

LOL. I get writers' cramp every time I write a check.