There’s your problem!

Then the other things seem more useful for you in particular.

That’s a great suggestion! They also tend to host specific exhibits and events that give good opportunities to meet people with similar interests.

Plus they’re just fun. One in a small city by me has an exhibit on local glass manufacturing techniques from the previous turn of the century and how some were invented locally, comparing them to ceramic techniques from across the globe and time. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

Hey, I’ve also made long term friends from underground raves/sex dungeons. It’s a totally valid way to make friends. Like so many other methods, you already have a shared interest, that’s a springboard to explore if you’re otherwise compatible as buddies.

True! Making friends out of strangers isn’t really all that difficult, but it does take some practice in being a normal human being and talking to people you just run into.

The sense of community in America is really dying out hard as people isolate themselves further in their little islands of homes and apartments and only socially exist online. But it is possible to just chat with some person you meet in the park while going for a walk without being a weirdo, just many people have forgotten how.

There’s a group of guys I meet up with in the warmer months to fish for bass under a bridge. How’d I meet them? I was fishing for trout in a lake and one of em asked if I had any bites. We had a normal chat between fishers, asking about what we’re targeting, what kinda bait and lures we’re using, comparing successes and failures. I peppered in some info about myself, e.g. mentioned a local noodle bar I liked, mentioned my partner, he did the same, we felt we were similar enough, he invited me to join him and his friends and now we meet up every couple of weeks between April and October.

You just gotta talk to people and not make it weird.

Lmao don’t join the military

I’m guessing you don’t want to hear “the bar”.

Hobby groups. For board games, hiking, sports, etc.

You already have a shared interest, makes things easier.

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There is currently no known off ramp for the drug. This really isn’t that big a deal for people who are using it to treat diabetes, some conditions are not cured and simply managed with medication, but it is concerning for people who are using it casually for weight loss, as it’s so often egregiously advertised.

Ahhh I think I misunderstood how they thought the Paradox of Tolerance was being applied.

Hold up, isn’t that exactly the Paradox of tolerance, though? We cannot tolerate the intolerant conservatives in order to maintain a tolerant fediverse.

I think Michelle Obama just wanted to say some words that made DNC voters feel a feeling of superiority as the party they voted for did very little to address the material conditions the voters lives, while the RNC repeatedly enacted their policies of racism and oppression, hoping the voter would think “things are just slower when you do them ‘the right way’.”

There’s plenty of variations of this out there, but it’s gotta be the Star Trek warp core droning.

https://youtu.be/D0w_ixXDCtw

Okay sure whatever you say 🤣

It’s why women wear perfumes so much, to try and mask the smell.

Holy shit dude WHAT lmaooooo

Feels that way

Been a lotta weird “vaginas smell like fish” posts lately…

Never understood where that idea came from anyway.

I bet that Golden Goose tastes fucking awesome.

I mean. Goose is delicious, so I bet the mythical goose is mythically delicious.

Are there any fairy tale ducks? I’d chow down on some fantastic duck too.

Have you eaten reptiles? Especially big ones? Gator is pretty much kinda fishy greasy chicken. I don’t think dragon would be all that tasty. Like tough chicken. Though maybe it’s more like emu and kinda beefy…

I’ve talked myself around to trying it.

I just smash it with a cleaver. Faster than pressing and more fun.