• dkppunk@piefed.social
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    12 days ago

    In any social group I look for the people being left out and try to ensure they have an invite into joining things. (If they really don’t want to I back off, natch.)

    As an introvert who likes being around people, I just want to say thank you for doing this type of thing. I enjoy hanging out with people but breaking the ice and talking can be hard.

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      12 days ago

      Thing is, I’m an introvert. I know how hard it is to be on the outside looking in, desperately wanting to be involved but not knowing how.

      It took literally DECADES of hard effort for me to force myself through that barrier. I want to make that barrier a lot lower for others so they don’t have to be like I was.

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        11 days ago

        It’s super appreciated. I did that in my 20s, broke myself out of my shell and started going out doing stuff with random folks. But I stopped that after I was out of commission for a year (fuck drunk drivers), then Covid hit and I am now 40 trying to break out of my shell again lol