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Anon tries being social

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As long as they don't mistake making a new friend with expectations of having a girlfriend. I've had plenty of guy "friendships" which I genuinely thought would last for years, but the moment they noticed I wasn't having sex with them they pulled away to never be heard of. It breaks your heart in a different way.

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As someone who for the most part fits in this description, I don't really go out. So... Work or daily life probably, just be nice, try to engage in conversations and pay attention, maybe you'll hit it off with someone.

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What are some things you think of when you see something related to your field outside of work hours?

Mechanical engineering. Whenever I see a big piece of tech — say car, plane or any industrial machinery/piping — I think of all the time and effort that went into creating each part of it, from drawing blueprints, modeling, checking national/international standards, choosing materials, running software for calculations, running through different people for approval, assembly, maintenance, etc.

It's so much work and even more paperwork. I feel we take what we have for granted.

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I posted on lemmy if anyone wanted to play games with me. Someone answered and we talk everyday since then, on most days we spend hours on video calls. Just try posting on whatever you use, you might find people you like.

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Eeewww!

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As a straight woman, I don't focus on the guy either and it's weird when he gets the spotlight (although it's very helpful when he is attractive). It's more about putting myself in the woman's shoes and having the activity done to "me".

And it may be a cultural thing but I'm not uncomfortable seeing other women naked.

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Sorry hun

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I wish my parents did this. I have such a mental block on cursing that I can't bring myself to say it out loud, even though I'm thinking about it and it's the perfect choice of words for the moment. I also feel socially left out by people around me because of that, as in they can be themselves and I have to restrain myself.

Funny enough this is only in my native language. Since I grew up watching YouTube videos from english speaking people that cursed a lot, that feels very comfortable and natural.

The other day I was rewatching some adventure time on hbo max and saw they were censoring the word idiot. I'm pretty sure they were censoring a bunch of other cartoons that weren't censored back in the day. That pissed me off so much, they are just limiting our vocabulary more and more for words that have a somewhat negative connotation.