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randomcontributor · by **randomcontributor** on Mon May 05, 2008 8:06 am

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

MAZZ0Murder · by **MAZZ0Murder** on Mon May 05, 2008 1:58 pm

If I take this question too far I'd go on a rant, about everything I learned. I tend to be shy when I first meet someone, but once you get to know me I tend to never shut up (but my friends are like that too XD)

It's difficult to narrow down to a specific direction to go though. If ya don't care for talking, maybe doing an activity is a good way to interact instead.

Dumbening · by **Dumbening** on Mon May 05, 2008 2:34 pm

meh, i dont really care about a social life anymore. I just be myself. A strange talented bullied kid

Random Hero · by **Random Hero** on Mon May 05, 2008 9:27 pm

SuperYoshi wrote:I dunno. I keep in touch with some of my high school friends, who I've known since the middle of 5th grade, when we moved out of Philly. We on't keep in touch as often as we should. A lot of them got addicted to weed and WoW. WoW more or less destroyed one of my closest friend's social lives, and he's still addicted to it. But it's not like they all do that shit. Some smoke, some drink, some just don't do anything, like me.

Other than them there's Jokemoblin and Retro, both of whom I've known for well over a decade now and really nothing's changed since when we were kids. All three of us were born in Philly and went to the same Catholic school. They're both a few months younger than me, so I was a grade higher than them (My birthday's August 22nd. Had I been born a few weeks later, I'd have been in the same grade as them). We met in the after school program in the school, which Retro didn't go to all that often. Then eventually in 1998 or so we, by coincidence, all went to the same summer day care place thing which I had been going to for years. The three of us were always doing shit like making comics and whatnot (Which we still have) and just overall random shit. Those were good times. Retro moved out of Philly in 1999, and my family did the same in 2000. We moved close to each other, but not in the same school districts. Kinda funny how that worked out. JM still lives in Philly. He's the only one who never moved out. We always sleep over eachother's houses. Most of the time it's just two of us, but every now and then all three of us will go to someone's house and we do the same shit we've been doing for a long fucking time.

Well, I just totally went off course with my nostalgic rambling.

I too have a main triangle of friends. Me and too other guys who went to the same Catholic grade school. When high school came 'round me and one of the guys went to the same school. The other guy went to another high school but we all still talk all the time. Sleeping over each other's houses and hanging out on weekends. We basically do the same shit every time, but it never gets old. I don't need other friends even though I do.

What's even more ironic is that I live in Philly as well.

So basically what I'm trying to say is, just find a friend or two that you can relate to. That's all you need. If you're afraid of being 'strange' or 'weird' it's never too late to change. In freshman year I was exactly the same. When sophomore year arrived, I just decided that there really isn't anything to be afraid of. If you hear somebody talking about something you know a lot about, add your two cents. For me, I joined in a conversation about Guitar Hero.

Hopefully you can see it this way, but it took me a while too.

Valcion · by **Valcion** on Mon May 05, 2008 9:53 pm

My social life isn't really that active. But from what i've found, conversation (by this i mean not spouting off internet memes) works. Seriously, just go to a place where there'll be a lot of people sharing common interests, and talk with them. Join clubs. Go to events (despite what you may think, anime conventions are great for meeting awesome people). Sure you may meet some stupid/annoying people, but that's a given anywhere. Just go where people that share a common interest with you go, and talk. Screw everything you think you know about people and just go and talk, interact with them. Screw shyness. As long as you're kind, polite, and at least somewhat funny/interesting (again not overusing internet memes IRL. They work in context sometimes, but not often) people'll like you. If they don't? Fuck 'em. You probably didn't want to be their friend anyway.

SuperYoshi · by **SuperYoshi** on Mon May 05, 2008 10:37 pm

Random Hero wrote:
SuperYoshi wrote:I dunno. I keep in touch with some of my high school friends, who I've known since the middle of 5th grade, when we moved out of Philly. We on't keep in touch as often as we should. A lot of them got addicted to weed and WoW. WoW more or less destroyed one of my closest friend's social lives, and he's still addicted to it. But it's not like they all do that shit. Some smoke, some drink, some just don't do anything, like me.

Other than them there's Jokemoblin and Retro, both of whom I've known for well over a decade now and really nothing's changed since when we were kids. All three of us were born in Philly and went to the same Catholic school. They're both a few months younger than me, so I was a grade higher than them (My birthday's August 22nd. Had I been born a few weeks later, I'd have been in the same grade as them). We met in the after school program in the school, which Retro didn't go to all that often. Then eventually in 1998 or so we, by coincidence, all went to the same summer day care place thing which I had been going to for years. The three of us were always doing shit like making comics and whatnot (Which we still have) and just overall random shit. Those were good times. Retro moved out of Philly in 1999, and my family did the same in 2000. We moved close to each other, but not in the same school districts. Kinda funny how that worked out. JM still lives in Philly. He's the only one who never moved out. We always sleep over eachother's houses. Most of the time it's just two of us, but every now and then all three of us will go to someone's house and we do the same shit we've been doing for a long fucking time.

Well, I just totally went off course with my nostalgic rambling.

I too have a main triangle of friends. Me and too other guys who went to the same Catholic grade school. When high school came 'round me and one of the guys went to the same school. The other guy went to another high school but we all still talk all the time. Sleeping over each other's houses and hanging out on weekends. We basically do the same shit every time, but it never gets old. I don't need other friends even though I do.

What's even more ironic is that I live in Philly as well.

So basically what I'm trying to say is, just find a friend or two that you can relate to. That's all you need. If you're afraid of being 'strange' or 'weird' it's never too late to change. In freshman year I was exactly the same. When sophomore year arrived, I just decided that there really isn't anything to be afraid of. If you hear somebody talking about something you know a lot about, add your two cents. For me, I joined in a conversation about Guitar Hero.

Hopefully you can see it this way, but it took me a while too.

Wait, you live in Philly? Doesn't happen to be northeast, does it? Which Catholic school did you go to?

Random Hero · by **Random Hero** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:39 am

Actually yes it is the Northeast. Does Our Lady of Consolation sound familiar?

SuperYoshi · by **SuperYoshi** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:47 am

Yes it does, actually, but I went to Presentation BVM.

Random Hero · by **Random Hero** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:49 am

Hmm I actually never heard of that school. I went to Judge for high school though. When you mention high schools in NE Philly that kinda narrows it down a bit.

SuperYoshi · by **SuperYoshi** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:51 am

Well, I moved out to Bucks County near the end 5th grade, so yeah.

Blightcopy · by **Blightcopy** on Tue May 06, 2008 7:28 am

tl;dr

Why does anyone need a good social life anyway?

randomcontributor · by **randomcontributor** on Tue May 06, 2008 8:03 am

The secret to a good social life is POOOOOLE POSITION!!!!!!!!!!!

randomcontributor · by **randomcontributor** on Tue May 06, 2008 8:05 am

The secret to a good social life isHUAHUAHUAHUAHUAHUA

RetroJape · by **RetroJape** on Tue May 06, 2008 11:54 am

Random Hero wrote:Hmm I actually never heard of that school. I went to Judge for high school though. When you mention high schools in NE Philly that kinda narrows it down a bit.

Hm, I know two people who attend Judge, but I take it you're out of that school now, huh?

Anyway, SY has basically told all of you about the story of our friendship over the years. The only difference is that I knew JM since kindergarten, and had a couple other close friends from my old neighborhood, but I hardly talk to them anymore.

I've never been that social, but it doesn't bother me. I've had friends come and go throughout the years, some I've dropped because they forgot about me, and some who've I forgotten because I cannot form a serious bond with them. It's hard for me to make a good friend, but when I do I'm more or less driven to keep them as a close friend forever. Guess you could call me loyal.

As far as real life is concerned, I only have JM and SY to call on as best friends. I'm not really ashamed to admit that most of my other friends are those whom I talk to over the internet. In fact, I met one of my best friends online, and I feel like I've known them forever now.

Random Hero · by **Random Hero** on Tue May 06, 2008 3:20 pm

RetroJape wrote:Hm, I know two people who attend Judge, but I take it you're out of that school now, huh?

Nope I still attend there. I guess I meant "go" not "went."

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