Single straight white male. On the tall and lanky side. Glasses. Thinning hair. Introvert.

After that rapid encapsulation, I now turn to an explication of the terms of my title...

A patient thinker:

I'm not terribly smart; I'm too slow to be quick-smart and, as for being a polymathically smart, I have limited capacity to absorb a whole lot quickly or to make it stick (limited storage capacity). I don't have much of a knack for learning new languages, I've noticed.... All that being said, I'm thoughtful and I like to entertain ideas and theories and explore issues from multiple angles. It seems like one's weaknesses in one context may be strengths in another. Thus, my indecisiveness in action, as an actor in the world, conduces to my patience as a thinker, my willingness to entertain ideas for the pleasure of it, to look at an issue from multiple angles, to think open-endedly (and often inconclusively).

A frump:

Definition 2 of "frump" on merriam-webster.com is "a staid, drab, old-fashioned person." If you're looking for flash and filigree, look elsewhere. I put off carrying around a smartphone until my family demanded it of me. I don't own a car. I walk most places. I (reluctantly) ride the bus and use public transit. I'm a pretty big-time patron of the public library. Perhaps most tellingly, I carry an umbrella in my bag not just for rain but for sun. I've been known to get it out and use it as a parasol when the sun seems bothersomely brutal to me. In addition to that, I wear a sun hat. All frumpish behaviors.

A pigeon & book lover:

Birds and books are two of my favorite things. I even pay attention to very common urban-type birds, such as pigeons, a species I love very much.... I'm not very materialistic on the whole, but books are one category of material object that means a lot to me. Rather than collect them compulsively and potentially have no living space left in my living quarters, I try to borrow them from the library when they're available rather than buy them ;)

Finally,

Who you are:

I really have no idea who you are. And it seems bothersomely shallow to me when people are very definite and specific about who they are looking for. All I can say is that I'm interested in friendship first, and if the profile you message from is plastered with sex-related stuff, that's probably not going to make the best possible first impression. Also, I much prefer Reddit Chats over Reddit Messages, because I find Reddit Messages are impossible to delete, which is psychologically onerous to me: I like feeling like I can erase things.

Oh and please be open to meeting in person, or at least video-chatting at some point if we live far apart. If we seem to connect relatively well, let's try to make it at least a simulacrum of a real thing, ok? ;)