Hey /co/, I can't seem to enjoy cartoons, comics, video games etc anymore because at the end I have no one to talk to about those things and share my interests with.
I'm 24 y/o and have been friendless for about 8 years, I had lots of family and anxiety issues so I became a loner. Now it hit me like a ton of bricks that I need a gf and need friends but where do I get those? Where to start looking? And how do I make a friend?
>>78266262
nice blog post
you dont need a gf
we're all the friends you need
stop being a faggot
>>78266262
>I can't seem to enjoy cartoons, comics, video games etc anymore because at the end I have no one to talk to about those things and share my interests with
Isn't that what 4chan is for? We're all friendless losers here, anon.
>>78266262
I can't help you to get a gf or more friends because I don't really know how to get them. I also don't have a gf and I've been with the same two friends for 4 years, but we can be friends if you want. I can give an email and you send me a facebook account so we can talk.
It's 4chan. you are asking in a wrong place
>>78266262
Hit the bars, you won't get a gf but maybe you'll get laid
>>78266262
>reminding me I'll never be able to play scott pilgrim verses the world: the game again
You don't deserve friends let alone a girlfriend
I'll chat with you a bit, anon.
You don't need friends. Friends are annoying, they try to make you go outside and do things.
You have us and we're much better than friends. We have better porn.
>>78266262
You have /co/ anon
You have /co/
Personally I find it's rather sufficient. Even if there's a load of shit I can't stand, repetitive threads and general cringe, this is all I know to get muh kids cartoon discussion and it's nice to converse with those who have a similar interest
>>78267026
Wait what? Did they remove it?
>>78266262
>I'm 24 y/o and have been friendless for about 8 years
Almost all of my friends are from work or online. Get a job.
>I had lots of family and anxiety issues so I became a loner.
>so I became a loner
pssh, nothing personnel....
>Now it hit me like a ton of bricks that I need a gf and need friends but where do I get those?
Outside. Don't talk to girls like "oh man I'm so desperate for a gf," but like a regular fucking human being that has common interests with other people. If you just want a fucktoy, go downtown and pay for a girl for a couple of hours.
>Additionally,
>>>/r9k/
>>78266262
Why are you asking /co/? Use /adv/, or if you aren't autistic about Reddit, go to /r/getmotivated or /r/getdisciplined.
Also go to 7cups.com It's a place where a bunch of real people just sit down and listen to you talk about whatever you want, be it your worries, or interests, or whatever. That sounds like something you'd want.
>>78266262
That's funny I usually end up hiding everything I like from my friends because I don't wanna risk them starting getting interested and become casual shit.
>>78267192
kek
>>78266262
The only way is to be around people.
Go to school, or go to work. Find school or work, if you have neither.
When you're around people, you just have to talk to them. Not good at talking? Practice talking. We all started somewhere. Maybe you're starting twenty years later than everyone else, but you know what, that's no reason not to give it a go. You just had a bit of a late start, is all.
Just talk to strangers about anything. The weather. How long the line you're standing at is. Something about the general vicinity. But weather generally is something lots of people will be happy to share their opinion on. If you're so anxious that that seems like an outlandish thing, then that's okay. Just go out, having one short conversation about the weather, and consider that a victory. Build on that the next day. Maybe a conversation that lasts three lines with someone else. Maybe more.
From then on you just have to keep doing it. All friends were strangers once. Hell, we're strangers right now. A friend is just a stranger you've seen and talked to regularly enough to know each other, which is why I recommend going to school or getting a job, because then you'll see people regularly.
It's scary, yeah, but the only way to get over it is with exposure. You don't need to dive off the deep end. Just go in little by little. Eventually you'll meet a stranger who is a girl, and the girl will become a friend, and then she might just be your gf if she feels the same way about you.
>>78266262
> I need a gf
No, you don't. You first to develop some empathy and selflessness, to understand you don't "need people" like objects.
>And how do I make a friend?
That's a more understandable sentiment. Hope you intend to apply that to women too.
And a beggining would be: Someone need your help*. Help them. They will help you back. A relationship will grow over time.
* And sometimes that "help" others need is for you to listen, or to show interest in their stuff, or just to be nice to them. Obviously if they don't reciprocate step away.
>>78266262
>I need a gf and need friends
No, you really don't NEED them, and that's not speaking from a cynical basement-dwelling NEET perspective either.
As a 27 year old who's had lots of family issues himself and been alone almost his entire life, but managed to succeed in life anyways, I can tell you right now that there's zero inescapable need for friends and a lover. They're nice to have, don't get me wrong, but if there's one thing I've learned from being utterly alone for so long, it's that any kind of happiness you can get from friends and love can be found elsewhere too, even from within.
Back when I was a teenager, I was in the same position you're in. I was homeschooled and online-schooled my whole life, so I'd never really been forced to make friends or talk to girls like most were, and it eventually hit me like a mack truck that I was alone to a stupid degree. I was sad about it for a while, but as it continued over the years, something finally just broke and stopped working in me. I found myself completely okay with being alone, and didn't yearn for friends or lovers anymore, instead finding a drive to make myself happy without relying on anyone else.
Once that need was broken, I noticed how easy it was to find happiness outside of others. Sure, a girlfriend can make you feel good while giving your dick something to do for once, but the happy feeling is fairly generic and prone to getting fucked up/lost easily and you really should own a second hand. Sure, someone to hang out with is nice, but there's very few things you can't do alone with the same level of happiness assuming your thoughts aren't fixated on being alone.
Plus, most people are awful. Getting friends and lovers is less "pick some of the many great people around" and more "sneak through a living minefield while hunting for diamonds in the mud, motherfucker". You're best off getting comfy with being alone first, so you don't blunder into getting fucked because you're desperate.
>>78267192
I've actually had the opposite problem. My friends introduced me to something they half-liked, but their enthusiasm (and my crippling need to not disappoint good friends) convinced me to check it out. I became diehard while they lost interest. I probably even pushed them away from it with all my fan-spewing.
>>78266262
>>>/adv/
But yeah it's a rough time buddy.
You're not gonna find her on an anonymous board though.
Ain't got nothing for ya either, I'm still clinging to two groups of friends that tolerate me from high school.
>>78266262
go to /adv/ op we can't really help ypu here
also what the hell is wrong with the anons here, haven't you learned anything about friensdhip from watching cartoons
frienship is like the first thing every cartoon teaches to kids
>>78266262
>discovered that my crush is a lesb yesterday
it hurts to live...
>>78267158
Whoa. Get a load of this Chad, fäm.
>>78268798
We are just bad as students of friendship. Like, really fucking bad.
try /soc/, fuckhead.
