at work, at parties, i b seeing a huddle of people that i don’t know like that…thinking…”im not about to walk up and insert myself mid convo”

gotta say something funny or worth listening to if you're just gonna barge into an ongoing conversation lol. otherwise i'd just start introducing myself to people

I no longer hand out free game sorry bro

You’re thinking way too hard into it man. If someone is talking about something just contribute to it but don’t just walk over to some random group and stand there like a weirdo lol

deadass when i do that ppl will say “he’s not talking to people…he’s isolating”

Usually whatever first opportunity u have with the least amount of thinking involved is ur best bet

Once u wait too long to act is when it’s already over for u

It’s easier to start a conversation with someone else standing around by themselves. If I’m at a function my lady brought me to, I usually find someone at the food table to chop it up with.

“Damn that looks good right? How do you know the host?”

Jumping into an ongoing convo seems hard to do.

Yeah you don't insert yourself mid convo unless it's people you already know lol

whats your favourite colour

Alcohol if it doesn’t come naturally then therapy when alcohol doesn’t bring it naturally

I’m not on stage 2 yet

Insist on a dap when you first say hello to a potential new friend - walk up to any stranger you might think looks cool, then extend your hand and say hello!

If they make the fatal mistake of trying to respond with a handshake, quickly pivot to the dap before they can complete a full hand clasp - this will show them you're a cool, resourceful guy who can think on the fly and improvise.

You got this, broski!

Red. You?

stop overthinking social interactions nigga

complimenting them always works

Ppl really study this for a living though. What you think about that

i mean it makes a lot of sense

something so simple on the surface holds a lot of depth

Social skills are truly an art when you’re good at it

intellectualizing every facet of living while good intentioned definitely has had an effect on taking society out of...well just doing the deed and started a***yzing things that decades before an internet existed, people both awkward and "charismatic" just had to learn to thug through the awkwardness that is life's moments and learn to embrace said awkwardness because that is a reminder that you are alive dammit

If folks wasn't so dead fearful of things like rejection or just...coming off awkward (cause @op you're gonna come off awkward when getting to know someone new because, you're getting to know someone new. But that's fine because it's natural to come off awkward to a total stranger lol)

We are naturally a social species it is literally in our being to socialize. The problem is (and covid sped it up but we was heading here) late stage capitalism has brought people into isolation and thus has eradicated the "need" of said experience.

-from someone that had to go through probably the worst s*** imaginable in his life this year to realize outward perception/rejection are so f***ing minor.

But eventually all the books and the lectures and the workshops in the world ain't gon' stop you from realizing the biggest obstacle is: it's really just you and whatever you think (shoutout to Earl)

airmailing everybody itt strength.