Anon05/06/26, 11:15No.35013858
Crossposted from [/soc/thread/34964224#p35007978]>Age/sex/location
32/male/New J*rsey>Description of yourself (new addition for this crosspost)
Likes: HTML+CSS; video games (e. g., Dark Souls 2, Death Stranding, Crusader Kings 2)
Is: Civil engineer (retired early due to depression); bl*ck>Describe your desired weird friendship
I'm an autist who can't imagine actually liking anybody enough to call him a "friend". But, during college, I used to feel lonely enough to engage in what I called "pseudo-friendships", with the following structure:
>(1) Party A asks a question (not necessarily anything deep, but something that is at least a little interesting--"What is your favorite car style (hatchback, SUV, etc.)? Why?", "What is your favorite color? Can you articulate a reason for it?", "What (if any) opinions do you have on split infinitives?", etc.)
>(2) Party B answers the question (or refuses to answer, if he doesn't like the question)
>(3) Party A answers the question (if Party B answered it)
>Parties ask questions in roughly equal proportion (this is kept track of in a spreadsheet; questions that are refused do not count toward participation)
>Parties do not spam each other with a zillion questions (limit yourself to maybe three or four questions before waiting for the other person to respond)
Some of my pseudo-friendships lasted for multiple years and over 500 questions. But "familiarity bred contempt", and I came to (1) despise my pseudo-friends and (2) be disgusted at myself for putting up with them.
Now, ten years later, I feel like dipping my toe into the water again.>Dealbreakers
Bad English
Religious, fascist, communist, transgender>Contact
ewinger at protonmail
I check my email with great regularity.