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PermanentReset
@PermanentReset

There's this weird societal standoff happening where we're all aware we need more in-person human interaction, to rekindle human connection, and to build genuine friendships and healthy communities, but as soon as it leaves the realm of abstract thought we all collectively shrug our shoulders and go "I dunno, hope someone figures out how to do that."

And, man, this whole "I'll be in on the community as soon as it exists" mentality is just not how community works. I mean, it's blatantly not. I get it. We're all tired, we're in a low trust culture. People are messy and not always easy to get along with. Trust me, I get it. But at the same time we can't constantly be yearning for more and never acting in an attempt to make that change. Or I guess we can if we're actually content for there to never be any change.

Yeah, meeting up with your friends once a week is, sometimes, a bummer. Sometimes you want to just spend Friday evening doing nothing. You're exhausted, you've had a shit day, you don't have the energy to be personable. Do it anyway. Go be exhausted with company, and let your friend be exhausted in your company.

Make clubs, go on hikes, get into TTRPGs, go to the bar if you can afford it, have dinner parties, pick up board games, play Smash Bros on the couch.

I dunno man, I keep seeing posts and comments of unanimous consent that we're all very lonely. Tons of people in one digital space all shouting for friends. Why not make friends with each other? Start a discord, start talking, share weird memes, play some video games, have discord movie nights. It's not the same but it's a start. Who knows where that can lead?

Anyway, just some thoughts. As the guy who's weirdly always the glue of the friend group, it can be tiring at times but it's usually worth it. Maybe the discord will die, maybe nobody will join. Close the server and try again. Maybe friend night will be pushed to every two weeks. Maybe once a month. Keep it going. Expand it. Be welcoming. Give it a try.


mathsbian
@mathsbian

Big discord I’m a moderator in that lost momentum a couple years ago? Admin has suddenly decided we are GOING to force it to life again and has been making a bunch of plans to make sure things stay rolling along once we’re ready to kick it back off. I haven’t been excited like this since it became so much less active.



nora
@nora

over on bluesky we're doing a fundraiser for a specific family trying to escape Gaza and their GoFundMe by running a sweepstakes for prizes provided by the community that range from jewelry and dinner with prominent experts to getting to change someone's handle to your own joke. i think something like that could absolutely work on here if someone wanted to run it. i don't have the capacity because of the combined pride month load + chronic illness + impending surgery, but if you want to run one of these please hit me up and i'll contribute a prize and show you how the bluesky one is set up.



kda
@kda

Actually, yes, people who cannot attain incomes above the poverty line in a "free market" are exactly as deserving of homes in nice, in-demand locations as professionals who make six figures.

"we should do more greenfield development for those people" Nope. We should be replacing the vast majority of the single family homes within an hour of Downtown by transit with, at the minimum, low-rise apartments.