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We can be friends because I also don't know how to make friends so it would be marzers if we could be friends. I'm in my early twenties if that's okay.

>>6519
That's fine. The only time I care about age is if they're under 21. A lot of people in that age range online act too much like teenagers for my tastes.

>>6517 (OP) 
I wrote a thousand letter reply but the general idea is that you don't. if you have something to do/talk about you kinda roll with that wherever and it might attract the right crowd, but generally speaking you don't really want friends anyways

for the most part what I've seen is that the people who think they want friends seem to either want romantic partners, or don't know what they want at all, no offense.
well
 this is still nearly 500 letters damn

>>6522
this is doubly so online. I mean the thing is what are you planning to do with the acquired friends is the thing? most people online don't want to do anything they aren't already doing. You can find people to chatter with it you join a guild or a random game's server I guess but what even is the specific here?

okay. you have found ONE friend. what do you want to do with your pokemon? train it? feed it? battle it? vent to it?

>>6521
Sorry if late reply. I'm 21 and also feel that way of most younger people, if I interpreted you correctly, so you and I may become very good friends.
We should talk about our interests. I find that I get more motivated to engage with my interests if I can talk about them with someone who is willing to actually listen, so atm I might not sound very interested in them myself as I'm a little burnt out from my only irl friend never wanting to hear me talk about it, but I'll try my best to tell you about it.
Maths is probably my biggest current interest and I'm currently self studying a book on discrete mathematics aimed mainly at cs students. I haven't come very far despite having had it for some time. It's easy for me to grasp the concepts but, as mentioned, I haven't felt very motivated if I'm only met with dismissal.
I play vidya from time to time, mainly 6th gen console games and some PC games of similar age. I've posted in the /v/ thread, it'd be fun if you guessed who I am. I also see that you like Deltarune.
Now you tell me about your interests or if there's anything else you'd like to talk about.

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>>6517 (OP) 
>wanting to make friends
NGMI failed normie mcnormalson

>>6531
friends are good :3

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>>6517 (OP) 
I was playing cruelty squad and in the steam community hub I saw a very funny post, I texted the guy who made it and asked him how he was doing and later asked him whether he has discord server or something where he has been hanging out consistently. It turned out my guess was correct and he had one with another guy in it, we've been chatting every day since then (a week or so already). I'm not sure if that's friendship or not but I've had a million attempts to find someplace to talk and so far that one has been my most authentically-feeling friendship-like experience

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>>6517 (OP) 

>How do you make friends when you're in your late 20s?

>>6648
>Now all your "internet buddies" are 80IQ third worlders
<Marzichan also rejects certain negative aspects of imageboard culture that are common on many other sites: namely, hateful reactionary politics and a general tendency towards dismissive bad-faith antagonism

This site felt much better for socializing with people only a few months ago before your kind started to make the spread of these disease-like sentiments from the quarantine boards like 4chan more apparent.

Most of those people are actually from first- or second world countries as evident by the fact that nearly every single 4chan thread either shits itself into americans and europeans showcasing their chauvinistic attitudes towards each other in a fit of petty rage over the most stupid and purely consumerist non-topics, or bashing on those who do live in the oppressed nations and actually have to make their "ch.nk-shit" toys for them.

>>6649
>oppressed nations
:skull:

>>6649
NTA nor the drooler above nor very on topic but here's an ultimatum. You're christ. You're gogh. You're something of a cultural landmark. I've brought you back to life. You now get to see the abomination that is the consumer culture that wears your holy creations on shirts and as "cool tattoos" and mousepads and floor mats in their bathrooms and blankets and pillows and pokemon limited edition giga ultra rare jesus x pikachu collab. And then there's the 9% who respects it to some degree and the 1% who at least "tries to get it" to some degree and draws inspiration from it.

You MAY borrow my time machine, and go back in time, and not bear the cross, or not paint the starry night. What do you do? Do you let droolers (such as the one above) prevent the creation of what you consider holy, or do you accept that in order for SOME people to care, most retards will refuse to care?

Now let's take this one EXTRA step further. You're NOT EVEN jesus, NOR gogh. You ARE alive. You work at a shitstain plastic stinking temu factory printing stupid prints on a shirt, socks, shorts, panties. You don't EVEN have the job assigned as a "task of creating holy art" you're just assigned the machine and the pre-determined print. Albeit, by the very nature of physics, it is inevitable, and, an inescapable probability that, the "ch.nk-shit toys" you produce, which, you probably fucking despise, actually, does mean something, some kind of profound feeling, a symbol of SOMETHING, for someone out there. 

Do you;
A - Curse confucius and your life in itself for having to work 996
B - Curse the PRC and the western consumers for creating, supplying, and inevitably, placing you in such a HORRID smelling factory
C - Try seeing the good in your creation, and believe that it'll mean something to someone out there somewhere
D - ALL of the above
E - NONE of the above

choose WISELY.

I've completely given up on the idea of friendships, most people are snowflakes who pop the second you say anything that goes against their fabricated and mentally castrated worldview, even simple things will result in meltdowns and everyone wants to use you as emotional support giving nothing back.

Something bad happen? Everything okay?

>>7384
>>7371
sorry forgot to reply

>>7385
I have to deal with a lot in all fields of my human relationships and it is overwhelming to the point I feel like I am the world's cow of a mother

You find people you can talk to everyday or every week and try to invite them to activities or whatever you're interested in. That's it. What is a friend? 
>>7384
How does the timestamp on this site work? It says it's both 25/11 and 11/24... am I having a stroke?

>>7387
This is not a friend, just a buddy. Buddies are not necessarily people who care deeply about you, won't backstab you or that you can share deep personal thoughts with

>>7387
for the second part, yes

>>7388
That doesn't matter to me at all. I also talk about whatever topic the other person feels comfortable with. Sometimes it's just nonsense, sometimes it's long-winded and goes into detail. 
>>7389
The month and the day are switched between the newest posts and the older posts, that's the only pattern I see. What is new and old is undetermined.

>>7386
Get some rest yap and vent and tell yourself how much worse off everyone around you would be without you supporting them tbh. But mostly rest. big bad beautiful blanket and a cozy night's sleep. 🤗

>>7390
then these aren't really friends then, which alright

>>7392
I consider them to be friends, so they are friends.

>>7393
but they aren't, and if you go too deep someday or get into trouble these people will do nothing for you

>>7391
thanks 'non

>>7394
That's too pessimistic of a way to view the world for me

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>>7395
anytime goober. you can always vent too iff you want since we're l somewhat anonymous. sadly I can't do much to help beyond listening and advice and showing care but it should be something. night night, hope u feel somewhat better than before

>>7397
oh my god i hate this stupid phone

>>7398
It's a design feature meant to spice up the user experience :)

>>7398
Things happen

>>7387
Marzimin is BRITISH

>>7401
A funny thing would be to now say "That explains A LOT" and never elaborate.

>>6517 (OP) 
In my case? I made some friends by searching for some Battletech groups in my local area and asking if they'd like someone to join them. Meet up every Thursday. Next is just going out, to a bar, a library, something of that sort. Met a few people that way as well. It's been nice.

>>6517 (OP) 
First of all, people who tell you that you don't need friends are either baddies or cucks that are owned by baddies. Without the power of friendship this world is doomed, and everyone knows it, especially the bad guys.

Second, you can't find friends if you sit and do nothing. Be active in the community — go pick plastic bottles from the street. Help someone in need or lend an ear. Make a nice altchan or run a PbP Traveller RPG.

Third, stop asking people on an imageboard questions about finding friends. Have some common sense. What is wrong with you?

>>7404
The Power of Friendship? Pah, useless! Friendship has never done anything!
I shall consume all of the happiness in the world, and nothing as pitiful as "friendship" will stop me!
>Happiness Suck-o-Tron activate.exe

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>>7406
Tomodachi Operation activated!
Watashitachi ga kono sekai o mamoru!

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>>7407

i turned 30 and got blocked by my new friend (unrelated)
younger people are too unstable and older people already have their established friendgroups
rip

Let me tell you about the magic of "clubs."
Do you just want some guys to drink with and hang out? They have bars for that. Someone to engage in a hobby with? Hobby club. Want to hold tea parties and talk about the finer things in life? Almost nobody else does that, but you can start a reading club or culture club and find somebody that does.
It's as simple as printing those posters with tear off phone numbers, and taping them somewhere people walk around.

>>7424
>t. has not actually attempted this

>>7424
you will neither have sex nor find friends by doing this. if you want sex just look fine and learn to read which women look like they'd let you hit if you approach

if you want friends it'll need a financial someway around. you can have a broke friend and visit him with a bottle every now and then, or whatever the what. sometimes you're the broke friend tho. still you don't meet anyone at a club

The best way to make friends is to just get out there and talk to people. I hate to say it but, check out your town's local reddit. Every town has a reddit. See if there's any gatherings coming up. Check the library too, most people post stuff there as well.

id love to find some friends my age with similar interests, but i am use to being alone and it scares me to have people know about me :,)

>>7428
>people know about me
People often mention this but I don't understand. Are you self-conscious? What changes if they know you?

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>>7437
>What changes if they know you?
They can stalk you, break into your home, vandalize your dakimakura, catch you when you go outside, break your limbs and make a snuff video of you.

Otherwise absolutely nothing scary about it!

>>7438
How many people do you think would do this if you were to pick them out from a crowd? Maybe it's better to stay anonymous if this is the intensity of your fear.

>>7440
I agree. It's better to stay anonymous. But just to be clear, I'm not 7428. Personally, I'd look for anonymous friends who I will never meet in real life nor discover their accounts on social media. I don't know if that's okay for 7428-nyan.

>How many people do you think would do this if you were to pick them out from a crowd?
Five years ago I would say one out of million at most. In 2025, though? One out of five, maybe. Depends on the town.

>>7437
They gain power over you which they can use to make reasonable and casual social demands which may be burdensome, and they will turn on you if you're too honest at the wrong time, constraining what you're allowed to say. If you mean to imply that friendship has only upsides you need a very strong alternative explanation for why everyone doesn't try to make friends with everyone else.

>>7442
That doesn't happen to me. A lot of people do try to be friends with everyone they can, some people are naturally predisposed to being unfriendly.

>>7442
I (don't) recommend being brutally honest and consistent, if you can bear it.  When the people around you are confident that you protect them as fiercely as you judge them, and that you judge yourself as fiercely as you judge them, they come to trust your judgements. doing THAT however, is more stressful than just tapping out of socializing so.

>>7475
If you say so

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bump because i have no friends and never go outside and frantically beat the f5 key on 10 different image boards pretending that it will satiate my need for socialisation knowing that it won't and-
;_;

>>8727
If you drag yerself into imageboard addiktion pit, you won't find any friends. That'd B a way to socialize, but that's not a way to build any whatevership with whoeverone if you blieved otherwise. If we get to getting sum friends online, there R better ways to go and better places to B, you know?