Chat Thread

[Kiahdaj]

Huh, I don't think I'd ever heard of that before. I have regular tinnitus. I've had it for as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories are related to tinnitus, actually.

 

Considering that, I'm guessing it's just something that... happens to people. Not that you're going to die, or lose your hearing, or anything.

[Guest]

Well as long as I don't have ear-cancer I'll probably be fine.

 

So anyway, I need to make some new friends. I was thinking earlier, and I actually haven't made a single, what I'd consider to be a good "friend" in over two years. Some of the best ones, I made back when I frequented and modded that old pony chat-site I've probably talked about. I still talk to a couple of them, despite us all very-much drifting away from the pony thing in general, and I'd consider one to be my best friend, in-fact

 

But past that, I can't even remember how to go about meeting, and befriending new people. I normally just have set friends I go out with, and don't talk much with anyone else. I'd mostly like some new irl buds to have hangs with every bit, but yeah, no clue how to find em.

 

Advice for meeting people who aren't total goons that doesn't involve parties? Anyone? I know we're all a generally lame bunch, but someone's gotta have advice. My standard of friends is sadly pretty boring though, and not even the ones I have meets it. Friggin' alcoholic, and Magic the Gathering nut, those two.

 

Maybe some stories of how you guys have made friends in the past? Idunno, I'm bored beyond all belief and just need something to look forward to, help

[Guest]

The typical advice is to join things. Improv classes, book clubs, volunteering. Anything that gives you a consistent shared context with other people. It's a lot easier to meet people when you don't have to awkwardly break the ice with a generic conversation opener. With groups like this, you have a thing that you're doing already, and conversation develops organically around that. Not completely sure how to "break out" of that context though.

 

I've found some success with board game and RPG groups. Board games are a good way to get to know people's personalities and tendencies in a short timeframe. RPGs are just wonderful, but only if you're playing with the right people. As with any niche interest, you're going to get weirdlings. Probably more than, say, video games, but likely less than Magic or something. I've found board gamers and RPG players to be more diverse than other "nerd" groups.

 

I am not the best to ask. I kind of don't have any friends? Best I have is co-workers, and I'm leaving that job soon. That's part of why I'm here, the primary reason I got into this tulpa thing. I don't really have anyone to talk to.

[Guest]

I know how that is. Tuppering for me was just wanting to experience having a female friend, as well as I could manage, but I care less and less all the time. Now I'd kinda just like to forge some tangible relationships with people.

 

My current friends are already the tabletop-RPG group, so ehh on that. I'm connected to most of the other people in the realm by extension, and I can't say I care much for what I see. Wish I even knew where to begin on anything else, though. Trying to get out more, definitely, but I guess even that won't really kick off until I've got a ride in however long that is. We don't have much camaraderie outside of schooling in these parts, or even out in town, so idunno, it's weird. Best I can figure is to go to more stores, put myself around more people. Maybe check out some books, spend time around the library, or other large bookstores? Books-a-million also has a coffee shop, so I guess that sounds like a good place to go, once able. There's a lot I've been meaning to read, anyway, and between being broke, and not being able to find torrents for eBooks, may as well.

 

Maybe I'll even make a lady-friend at some point, eh? Maybe I can run into the single non-hipster female at one of these coffee-shops? ;D

 

Sigh

 

Ah, some day. I've had a few chicks, not even all of them being terrible matches, ah, 'interested' in me before, but man, I couldn't risk it with any of them. Didn't like em. If I can't hold a five-minute conversation without being weirded out, just can't. Then there were just, yeah, the creepy ones. Mind your words, and stares, people. Being a creepy obsessed person brings the time people are willing to give you way down.. If you simply can't help the creepy way you are, there are anime-themed pillows and sheets for you, I guess. Just, don't be that weirdy..

 

Whatevs though, lotta people, bound to be one that's right. Who actually has the capacity to like me as well, that's is. That's, ah, important :'l

 

 

Anyway, anyone play FFXIV, per chance? Given the pitiful-by-MMO-standards playerbase of like, 5mil, I'll assume not really, but eh, who knows. Was playing on my brother's account a few months back, but I finally bought my own copy, woo. Mirian Rosewood on Jenova server, if anyone's applicable. I don't have any experience playing with other people yet, despite other people being present, I'm just, yeah, not a social MMO kinda guy. Too many filthy RP'ers, and all that noise. But hey, yeah, if anyone's around, it'd be cool to try out. Sure there'd be something to do. We could arrange a ceremony of eternal bonding, even <3

[sushi]

Enny is dissatisfaction personified.

 

But yeah, join groups. I've met people through my writing group, and gotten much better at writing in the process.

 

Of course most of the people in my writing group are in their 60s or above, so it's not exactly a solution for dating. Unless you're into that Harold and Maude sort of thing.

[Guest]

Enny is dissatisfaction personified.

 

No arguments there, definitely.

 

Birthday in like, ten days, and being 18 will open up many more job-opportunities. Once I've got income, and a vehicle, I'll see about getting out and meeting up with some new people. Just dunno what I wanna do.

 

I'll take a dance class. Dancing is fun.

[sushi]

I will imagine Enny's dance class going like this.

[Dracky]

...That was mesmerizing.

[Guest]

Ew Sushi that was entirely too dumb and not enough disco.

 

I actually loathe the fuck out of vocaloid and shit, and I assume that's what that is, so that sucks. I quite enjoyed the deer, though. Haha, I remember this one time when my brother and I were out with a friend, and he hit a babby deer and it like.. Helicoptered off of the road and into a ditch. The car sustained no damage. Sad, but as is the way of the south. The deer, not the car.

 

Cough

 

So I just finished reading another webcomic. I haven't mentioned it in the chat thread, but Sushi, and maybe Dracky knows of my tendencies. Shortpacked, by David Wilson was the suspect this time. A couple thousand pages in, idunno, three days? Four tops. I'm glad it ended, but also not, because you know, attachment to characters. But, ten years' worth of comics is good enough I guess. Still on like, fifteen ongoing ones anyway, so whatever.

 

Sigh. Bored

[jean-luc]

Yah, why is meeting people such a difficult thing? What do normal people do? All the groups I join have people older than me by a significant amount (usually 5+ years), I guess I'm going to the wrong groups (well no, I enjoy them, so they're not necessarily wrong but yaknow)

 

Therefor, the obvious solution is to do a tulpamancer group! Anybody live in the seattle area?