Awkwardly_Frank

@Awkwardly_Frank@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the solution, and the place to start is your local comic shop if you have one. Almost all of them run gaming clubs in the back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This exactly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if it did, and Japan would be a likely culprit.

  Tech has the right of what I was getting at though. I’ve been a member of several organizations and every one has made an attempt to turn me out to events. Most recently I’ve been working with a local Democratic Socialists of America chapter which got me out for canvassing and socials, which lead to protests and neighborhood cleanups, and now includes mutual aid events and tabletop gaming. All of this happened after I was laid off and moved half way across the country. Not all organizations are the same, but a good one can practically create a whole social life from thin air.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My brother in Christ, that is just a club! You pay dues to belong and everyone elects the few most organized and functional people to plan events that everyone can enjoy. You can even kick it up a notch and make it a civil organization so that you’re accomplishing good works while hanging out with likeminded people. Society used to be full of such organizations, and it’s time we brought them back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨King George III's descent into madness: A tale of royal tragedy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gods, I wish someone would gag that bloated gasbag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just McDonald’s, it’s been used by numerous organizations to downplay lawsuits they feel will hurt them with consumers. Tort reform is also trotted out by politicians who want to look as though they’re protecting people from “government overreach” because they know people don’t know what torts are and they can scare them into believing they’re going to be sued if they don’t get outside to shovel their walk early enough after a snow.