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[lula_vampiro]

Q: How do you make friends after college?A: The answer I get from most of my friends is, "it's difficult," which it is, but I would still like to find a solution because I'm going kinda stir crazy here. I don't connect to anyone at work or at my martial arts classes, and most of my friends from high school or college don't talk to me anymore, or

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[foxfour]

OK, we are making a gamerspace.

[veganstastebest]

PS I forgot that in the past I have made friends through volunteering. Not in Sacramento, but in Berkeley. I volunteer with animal rescue organizations, and I meet other people who like animals! Maybe you could try volunteering for an organization that serves people in the immigrant communities whose members are most likely to share your religious interests.

[sikonawt]

volunteering is a good idea, as is looking for local groups and clubs around a particular interest.

Also, I'm sure there are some relatively cool nerd hangouts in NYC that cater to an ethnically and ideologically diverse clientele. There's a little game shop in West Philly that opened up last year that attracts a really diverse crowd in a lot of different senses of the term. It's ethnically diverse, attracts a wide range of ages, and caters to a lot of different interests (RPGs, Magic + other TCGs, Warhammer (pretty much only 40k though, boo), and a surprisingly large board gaming community including some local indie game developers. Remember, this is West Philadelphia. If we have something like that, I'm damn sure NYC does!

Also, your conversational skills are a great match for making nerd friends. As I'm sure you know there are a lot of nerds who love talking about themselves and their interests and good listeners are in high demand!

[mere_bagatelle]

I have made friends through volunteering as well. And a few friends of friends are now my friends--any options on that front?

[miraling]

David and I were talking about this (for very generous interpretations of "talking" on my part) recently and I don't know either. We decided that we would like a completely secular church to serve as a social group.

[miraling]

(ALSO COMPLAIN COMPLAIN I AM TOO BUSY COMPLAIN SORRY I MISS YOU)