[30/M] - Midwest US. What's your favorite pirate joke?!

I ask you this because I woke up with my left eye swollen almost shut today. I went to the ER, they gave me antibiotics, but I'm already imagining my life as a future pirate. You should message me so I can stop researching glass eyes and talk to you instead! I love that feeling when you get a message from someone you're really excited about, and you rush to reply. That could be us!

About me:

30, from Minnesota, work at a power plant.

Physically I'm 6'3, 200 pounds, dark brown hair that's just getting flecks of grey, hazel eyes.

I tend to be a pretty curious person. I think I think about things a bit deeper than the average person. As an example! I’ll watch my cat sitting at the window and start wondering what information he’s actually getting from the smells outside and if other cats in other nearby apartment windows can smell him back. Almost like a cat social media page?

I'm pretty independent but I really enjoy good conversations with people who are curious about the world. If you google the INTJ type, that's pretty much me to a T!

Things I enjoy:

What if questions and thought experiments

Learning about history, science, and how the world works

Random deep dives (languages, space, psychology, things like that. I legitimately read Wikipedia for fun.)

When they say the name of the movie in the movie. I cringe, but I do secretly love it lmao.

Old things. Collecting old things. if you let me infodump my collections to you and pretend to be impressed I'll love you forever.

My cat. I'll spam you with pictures of him.

If you like asking weird questions, thinking about big ideas or just want some cat photos send me a message! Extra super bonus points to you if you're also from the US Midwest.

I'm cool with just platonic BUT I'm also open to more if the feelings are there both ways. Tagged this SFW because I don't do that kind of stuff right off the bat.

I'd be happy to get a message from you!

PS - if you want to see my swollen eye, you have to show me an ugly photo of yourself in return. Sorry but themz the rulez.