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What are some tips to level up your social life?

What are some tips to level up your social life? - Lemmy.World

Don’t give me ‘get off of social media’. I want practical tips that can be used when talking to random people in public places.

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breezeblock 15h ago

Don’t talk “random people in public places” — head out into the world, and and engage with the world. There will be some people in those places, and some of them might seem cool or interesting, so say hello — or do something nice for someone. If they appreciate what you said or did, they might continue to engage further. Over the course of days or months, you’ll be talking with friends in public.

The point being the goal isn’t to corner a random person like a dating match. Be organic and open, and in time you’ll end up where you wanted to be.

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You can absolutely talk to absolute strangers.

There are two ways on how to not be a creep:

You start in a form of comments: Something happens, you comment it. More to yourself that to them. And if they respond you can continue.

You randomly catch them looking at you. It must be random. You should not stare under any circumstance. Then you smile. If they do not smile back. Stop. If they do, you can repeat that a few times. And if successful then you can approach them with a simple general question like “are you returning from work?”. (Note “Where are you heading?” Can be considered creepy and stalker like).

At any point you must be attentive and if they are uncomfortable immediately stop engaging.

But this is a bad way to make a friend. Those are the people you should expect to never see them again. This is just a way to make someone’s day better. This is never meany to be anything more than a casual conversation with a stranger.