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I do believe safety is about a well-educated & well-trained community, who has people that are kind/civil with each other. Most people trying to solo a SHTF scenario would just get picked off, myself included.
I had a 45-minute online meeting with a guy online through a platform called Lunchclub, which after two months of it I wouldn't recommend as it is like awkward professional speed dating. This guy was giving me the sort of cult creep red flag vibes honestly. The being "open and vulnerable" tactic, I believe to try to find weak spots in the armor he could hook into. Kept asking about personal stuff that is none of his business. On top of a general answer for everything, even things I was never asking for a solution to.
One question that got me bristled up, was "So how do you reach out to people and make friends?" I told him that I don't.
First of all, I have a temperament and personal hangups from what I like to call "life's unfortunate events" that drive a lot of people away. I can't blame them, I'm not exactly a ball of joy to be around, and after the things I have seen, I don't have the most optimistic perspective of people and the way they treat others. I work the best I can on myself so I am not a burden to others, however, there are some things you can't just weld back together on a person to make them fit for the general public. People like me the best, and I feel most comfortable, when I have a job to do, I get paid, and then we part ways. I have a wife and two dogs and after a lifetime of having to figure out how to live without much positive social interaction, I don't need much. I really prefer my interactions brief, with a purpose, clean and simple.
Not telling anyone here, something they probably don't already know or feel about themselves. So I am curious, so are any of you socially inclined, community-oriented? If so how do you choose who to invest time into, and has it been reliable/accurate?
I had a 45-minute online meeting with a guy online through a platform called Lunchclub, which after two months of it I wouldn't recommend as it is like awkward professional speed dating. This guy was giving me the sort of cult creep red flag vibes honestly. The being "open and vulnerable" tactic, I believe to try to find weak spots in the armor he could hook into. Kept asking about personal stuff that is none of his business. On top of a general answer for everything, even things I was never asking for a solution to.
One question that got me bristled up, was "So how do you reach out to people and make friends?" I told him that I don't.
First of all, I have a temperament and personal hangups from what I like to call "life's unfortunate events" that drive a lot of people away. I can't blame them, I'm not exactly a ball of joy to be around, and after the things I have seen, I don't have the most optimistic perspective of people and the way they treat others. I work the best I can on myself so I am not a burden to others, however, there are some things you can't just weld back together on a person to make them fit for the general public. People like me the best, and I feel most comfortable, when I have a job to do, I get paid, and then we part ways. I have a wife and two dogs and after a lifetime of having to figure out how to live without much positive social interaction, I don't need much. I really prefer my interactions brief, with a purpose, clean and simple.
Not telling anyone here, something they probably don't already know or feel about themselves. So I am curious, so are any of you socially inclined, community-oriented? If so how do you choose who to invest time into, and has it been reliable/accurate?