>>90371
god idk. i am not even socially anxious, but i am just so bored by all the people around me, i know that sounds pompous but i think i'm the problem since this has been a constant in my life for a while now. if it's anxiety you struggle with, just mentally pretend that you already know people before talking to them, that seems to work.

>>90372
Idk mann i try so hard to be nore social but i just come of as awkward idkk what to do im so so shy around ppl

>>90374
well you have good taste in cat pictures, so that tells me that you are probably very based and cool. i really shouldn't be giving advice because i don't really have any friends, but i skate by ok socially so ig my advice would be to have the mindset that if other people think you are awkward/make them uncomfortable, that's on them. that's how i went from lonely and insecure and shy to still fucking lonely but at least somewhat sure of myself kek.

>Mom no I am not being bullied, I am a sigma female no please you don't need to call your friend to arrange a playdate mom please i'm sigma

If you haven't seen him live yet, you never will
I'm sorry

For me, it's Greg Lake

I was listening to Rush earlier and then I see this thread loool, bumping this for no other reason than to say "based"

I don't like ugly famous men. They're always awful people.

>>66445
Based
Hope you got to see them live at some point, great shows even if the vocals weren't quite there anymore near the end

>>88006
>>88013
>>88025
You're finally starting to get the trick.
Online dating isn't even slightly freeing to women.
Just like most of the other things, media owned by men (so almost all of it) was only pushing it to rig the game.
You're all still missing the second half though.
The men who funded, built, and sustain this idea with their technology and propaganda don't even slightly care about how it would impact the men "below" them in terms of power.
This helps to create the problems we face while destroying THEIR potential competition for being coomers.
Half of the men are going to be extremely pissed off because its a complete ghost town for them whereas before they could get a date once a year, while the more attractive bunch has the odds completely tipped in their favor against women.
You get bombarded with obscene shit and have the view there are no better options. In fact, good luck treating people as people. The "lower quality" men women could settle for when they needed to radicalize immensely.
The ones who can pay for the algorithm to set things in their favor, or those who genuinely have their shit together have their heaven.
And best yet, its a self sustaining cycle. Before you could at least halfway train a "lower" moid because you were viewed as rare and favoring them. At least in the initial relationship. But now? They are going feral because they see it as a conspiracy against them. And it is a conspiracy, just against everyone.

>>88006
It doesn't have to be online dating, it can be anything. Meet a lot of men and have strict high standards and try to filter out the ones that aren't compatible as quickly as possible. Online dating is the easiest way to do it but you do need to put in the hours as there is so many men on each platform.

Doesn't Bumble let women message men first? Or other sites allow you to hide your profile so you have to message first?

>>87667
wowww that was horrible Im sorry that happened. my mom said its important to be friends first and get to know each other

>>87667
I think its just casting a wide net and then only engaging further with the guys who seem nice right off the bat.
Usually, guys show clear signs early on. This year I cut contact with the guy who complained about rape accusations ruining his senior year of highschool our entire date and kept the guy who brought me a housewarming gift and tried to drop everything and cook for me when I mentioned I was planning to skip dinner.
Met both of them online and was just looking for hot guys to hookup with but now I have a kind and incredibly hot korean bf.

>>87667
i wouldn't have insisted to split the check with him - he clearly doesn't give a shit if you're enjoying yourself. WAAAH NO STEALY MY FOOD
nothing more romantic that sharing a single dish with someone, even if you didn't order the same thing

>>90288
where do i get an invite?

>>90269
>>90286
heres my throwaway discord if anyone wants it
ml#3526

Could be because you are boring and awful, have you considered that?

>fps games
>valorant or league

I can guarantee you are midwit with nothing interesting to say.

>>90297
why are you cruel

Too many posts saying "wahhh I want friends" not enough posts posting their discord, if you want friends put yourself out there!
>>90288
Anon suggest and arrange games to be played then omg so many of you complain without putting effort into changing things
>>90292
On /b/ there's a post asking "is there a discord server?" look for it
>>90297
Shut the fuck up

>>85329
If you're frequently writing erotica and RP I don't think you're wanting to take that to reality

>>85370
It's just my work. I make more from my erotica than I do from my dayjob.

I saw him again the other night after he was caught in the rain, with his wet shirt plastered to his amazing body and tussled hair smoothed back. I want to pour my heart out and beg him to be mine.

>>85868
How and where do you sell your erotica online?

>>86206
I started by writing for free, then took small donations, hired an artist, built a small coomer community and started taking subscriptions and commissions, which let me publish. Once I published I just started selling on Amazon. I'm writing my next book in my main series and if it does well I'll try for an audiobook.

It doesn't pay very well, but it's a great part time job.

>>86217
That’s really cool and informative, thanks nona.

>to randomly remember it like a good year later and when i do remember it, it completely consumes me.

Does it happen when you're not talking to anyone? Maybe you're missing the feeling of connecting with the person. If it's the case just find someone new to flirt with and repeat.

>>89759
yeah probably. started my second year and i have zero friends so im assuming that it’s a product of my boredom. god, rereading this is so cringe. thanks for replying nona. i will take your advice.

I think it was good you cut him off. He was either manipulating you and deliberately leading you on for the ego boost, or he has issues (sounds like AVPD) and would have just made a terrible bf anyways.
I miss bad people too sometimes. I miss when I was friends with my ex bf because it was a lot of fun before we started dating and we grew apart, we would just mess around all day and it was comfy. Just recognize that its normal to feel that way but it doesn't necessarily mean you should come back to them, because you were right to be annoyed. Its a good thing you didn't get more involved.

>i hit it off with so many people only to completely cut them off after they do one small thing that annoys me
To be fair, in your favor, this situation wasn't such a small thing and it's good that you're no longer in contact. Like other anons said, it's kind of normal to miss experiences with past friends when you're lonely, even if they were bad people. I sometimes miss my turbulent half gay middle school friendship but then I remember I was mostly just being used for attention and as an emotional sponge… But I still miss her sometimes kek.

I need context how it was said

I removed the y and found that vlw is the portugese equivalent of thx, it might mean thank you.

>>90120
Ibuprofen and chug 3 pint glasses of water

>>90120
That is a strange side effect. Does food hurt too? Usually eating slimy cool fruits feels nice when my throat hurts.

Eat an orange, trust me.

Drink water and take a eucalyptus ricola. Rince and repeat until you get better

>>90083
Don't be so judgmental.
Tend to your own inner peace, and let the stress of how others think go.

>>90091
oh please
it's known that diagnosed males are more agressive and violent then females
hmm why is it, I wonder
maybe it's not about the condition, but more about your own behaviour - what you let yourself doing

>>90091
Aspie here and I despise low functioners. I see videos of grown adults screaming at the top of their lungs, unable to vocalize words, and I'm supposed to have any sort of relation to that person? Fuck them, honestly they are a drain on society and disturbing to witness.

I'm not retarded enough to feel "evil" because there are some bad people with aspergers lmao. I have a spine

>>90136
Fucking same lol

>>89989
she sounds like mine except mine is not delusional, simply extremely gender nonconforming, ultra butch/masc that is comfortable using the opposite sex's pronouns in private.
she does not mind I am heterosexual, I do not mind she is very possessive and clingy. we just click and she is a good listener.

if you don't mind can you explain further about when you took offense? as in, it was offensive because it felt like she was threatening by you achieving success? or that she was wanting to hold you back to your detriment?
she wants me all to herself but I myself do not mind - provided that in the future she does deliver on being a sturdy provider for me, of course.

>>90049
*she was threatened

>>90049
well, it's like this - when something new happens to you and you're excited to share that news, you expect the people you share it with to be excited for you. when I share it with someone and they immediately criticize an aspect of it, it doesn't feel good. in the context of my story, I would understand her reaction of "that's bullshit, you shouldn't have to go get another degree for them to give you higher pay" if this was, say, a retail job. I would also agree if the job's stipulation was we will ONLY give you higher pay if you have X degree. It's in education which just has a pay scale whether I like it or not that is based on experience and qualifications. so it felt like she just knee-jerk looked for the negative in my situation rather than looking at the over all picture and being happy for me. like I said, everyone else I mentioned the tuition reimbursement thing too said "wow, that's awesome" including my more politically inclined friend who is involved in a lot of labor rights stuff and deals with this sort of thing in her job. so part of the offense stemmed from her reaction not quite being what I expected, and the other part is like what I said before about how it came of as her being jealous or threatened by me obtaining higher education for free.

I have an obvious example of when my close friend was jealous of me and she TRIED to hide it but was unsuccessful by how grumpy she was over the whole thing. Also, she would always bring the topic up behind my back to family members and friends in some form of gossip. That's when you know they are jealous of you because you are living in their head rent free and they find it to be a topic of interest to talk about you, gossip about you, or complain about you, with the main conversational point revolving around YOU instead of talking about herself, her own life, her own goals, relationships, etc.
They will also try to hide their gossip/complaints as "concern" so they don't look like the bad guy.
For example, I am very happy with my boyfriend but when I first introduced him to my family and friends, she would be fake nice to our faces and say "I AM SOOOO happy for you!!!" "WHAT A CUTE COUPLE" and other shallow compliments but then complain about us behind our backs, saying we are "too co-dependent", "he's too controlling", "she can do better", "I don't like the look of him" or other superficial lies that are masked as concerns. (Jsyk not in an abusive relationship or anything but with the way she talks about us it SOUNDS like it. When she complains about us to her friends and then they meet us, they look at her like she's crazy because we are by all means a normal functioning couple).
Even in casual friend gatherings when I'm absent, I am told that she brings us up all the time. I don't know why she talks about us a lot unprompted. My only guess is that we are on her mind because she is jealous that I am not single anymore and have a successful relationship when she doesn't? I think she seethes because my relationship has progressed far faster than hers has with us moving in before she moved in with her boyfriend (and that's literally her obsessive goal right now).
I think there are types of people in the world that use the people around them as measurements of their own self-esteem, success and confidence. For example, I was single and a turbovirgin. Being the loser virgin friend allowed her to feel superior and accomplished. When that title was stripped away by me entering a relationship (and not a crappy one either), she suddenly feels inferior. Her friend, a loser virgin, is suddenly not a virgin anymore and has progressed and reached a relationship milestone before she did. It made her feel crappy, unaccomplished and look bad in compaPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>90073
I see, thank you for the explanation.