I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.
What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?
Yes, absolutely. As of right now I have zero friends either online or offline. It’s been that way for a while now.
Do you live in the US? If so, what region? Wanna go to a movie sometime and then get pancakes & talk about said movie?
I wouldn’t say that I have zero friends, but I certainly don’t have the social circle I wish I had. That worries me for my own future. I’m gonna die someday, and I don’t want to slip into the abyss feeling totally alone.
And the fact that I don’t seem to be an outlier makes me worried for the future health and resiliency of entire communities.
I live in South Florida.
Well, we’re a few thousand miles apart, so the pancakes bit might not be feasible lol. On any fun discord servers?
Haven’t used Discord in a while actually.
I like pancakes but I’m in Oregon.
The Pelican Cafe is about halfway between us. If we both leave now, we’ll both get there early enough for a good booth. Or are you a table person?
I always thought it was just me
Nope. I live in the pacific northwest of the US and there’s something here called the “Freeze” and some people refer to it as the “ice out” but it’s a term for how people in this region don’t really like making new friends. A lot of people here are very against talking to strangers.
Same here. I lost most of my friends after COVID.