Reddit, how do you make friends?
Posted Apr 17, 2015, 3:03 AM UTC
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Share a foxhole in Korea.
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Hmm, we should start a war with Korea...
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Sugar, spice, and everything nice. Maybe a little chemical X.
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Join similar groups or clubs like meetup.com. I think taking a class or going to school is the best way to make friends.
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I'm currently going to school (2 years in college so far) and haven't met anyone yet, just people I would consider acquaintances, nobody that I would consider a friend just yet.
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I try to find people with similar interests, or at least interests I can tolerate. For instance I just moved to a new state where I don't know many people but I'm going out to join a D and D campaign. Have I ever played that game? No. Am I all that interested in those type of things? Meh. Do I want to finally start being social again? Oh God yes.
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I wish people played DnD in my area, that's like one of my dreams, a group of friends who just run through some campaigns once or twice a week.
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Back in my old home I used to play board games with some friends regularly every week. Sometimes there were bonus days too. It was just too amazing. I hope you find something like that. Try hanging out at comic stores. Pm me if you'd like to play play portal sometime :)
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Get off Reddit. Go do one of the things you Reddit about that require you to get out of the house.
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Just say hi, strike up a small conversation. By the time names are exchanged, you've gotten yourself a new friend.
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Those aren't friends in my opinion rather, acquaintances. The big difference being the ability to trust someone, I'm not going to trust a guy who's name I know with a deep dark secret I'm holding on to, but a friend I would.
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You have to join a league or club of some kind as you age of you want to make friends out of work. Otherwise it gets weird when you ask people to hang out in the cereal aisle.
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I usually try to be as charismatic as possible. I smile, make jokes, and try be somewhat bombastic but not overly bearing where I just come off as completely annoying. You kind of have to walk that thin line between being completely douchey and being likeable and it's a pretty hard balancing act.
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I will generally befriend whoever laughs at things I say when I'm trying to be funny.
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My two cents is that real and lasting friendships take time to build. Both parties have to earn trust, and share experiences. The initial meeting doesn't matter so much as what comes next. I've met people who I didn't really care for in the beginning who turned out to be some of my best friends, and vice versa. I think it's really important to temper your expectations of people too. I've met quite a few people who were hungry for friendships, and ended up ruining any chance they had at making a real friendship because they had too many expectations from people right off the bat.
A girl I met several months ago seemed really cool, and I thought we would get along great except that she immediately wanted to tell me all her deepest, darkest secrets and then expected me to do the same. All within a few days of meeting each other. Then she was telling people we were close friends. I'm a very open person so I don't mind sharing my story or listening to yours, but just because you know facts about me, doesn't mean you KNOW me.
If you're asking more along the lines of how to meet people, then I say join groups that are centered around a common interest. For example, there are groups in every major city for rock climbers. Anyone can join the group, and they will usually meet up and go rock climbing together. They start out as total strangers, and then bond over their mutual love of rock climbing. That's just one example. There are tons of others. A friend of mine loves kayaking so she found a kayaking group on Facebook, and meets up with them a lot. She now has several good friends she met in that group.
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/r/outside - Increase your Speechcraft skill.
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I would consider myself a silvertongue in a bad way tbh. I can get almost anyone to do something for me if I require it. I can't avoid that in my self and I work my words in a way that benefits me at all times and it's hard to not do that when I've had to do that my entire life.
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Skip the surface stuff, ask deeper questions and remember answers. Be yourself (unless you're a dick, then maybe work on that first) and try not to be self conscious, remember that nobody is good at making friends.
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Not being self conscious is my biggest flaw, it ruins every relationship I've ever had.
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Easily because I'm fabulous! flips hair
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I have fabulous hair but it doesn't work sadly.
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sadly flips hair
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Pretend to be a dog. You'll be everyone's best friend.
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I wish I had the answer, buddy.