I know a couple of people like that.<p>It&#x27;s a gift and a curse, right? Being pedantic is actually welcomed in various fields, including the ones you mentioned, so it sounds like it&#x27;s working out quite alright.<p>Casual interaction is hugely overrated anyhow - it&#x27;s value drops off as you get older, people care about &#x27;hey how are you?&#x27; less and less I find.<p>Finding those few people you really click with is the only tricky part it sounds like - that&#x27;s just how it is.<p>I&#x27;ve found &#x27;literal-minded&#x27; people to be emotionally closed off to an extreme degree. I theorize that opening up emotionally would help a great deal. The way I did it was through a good friend and alcohol when I was younger - I went from not knowing what to say to being able to blabber about anything in an entertaining manner. The quick mind gives me the ability to be self-amused about the most mundane situations - and that&#x27;s what my small-talk consists  of, making clever observations about the world.<p>Don&#x27;t know if that&#x27;s at all helpful.