An infallible dating strategy

It's really hard to meet people because all the people I want to know are hiding from humanity.

Man I feel personally attacked

I mean, we are not 100% unfindable, we comment here on Lemmy! Normalize finding love through Lemmy (/jk).

This actually works, but only if you are willing to sponsor a green card.

Wait what else am I supposed to do, overcome trauma and go outside (>ᆺ<)

They better fuckin not!

Introverts make friends by letting an extrovert adopt them.

teleports behind you Nothing personal, kid.... But would you like to be the love of my life?

My SO was appointed directly into my room by a mutual friend, so it's not far fetched.

Worked for me! Roommate was throwing a party and my now-wife got dragged along to it by her friend

the great touring jam bands provided a wonderful environment to meet new people in back in the 90's. the parking lots of grateful dead and phish concerts were chock full of society's misfits, many of them well-read and witty (some of them not-so-much). It was not introverted at all - there were so many outgoing, lively, and fun people.

i think many of you are more outgoing than you give yourself credit for. you just live in a world where you don't want to mingle with the inhabitants, and i think that might even reflect a skewed view of the outside world. i'm pretty far left and i still have fun in bars in little ranch towns in the western states. most of those people are more fun than your average morose, urban-dwelling shoe gazer.

A buddy of mine got his first girlfriend in college after a family friend noticed that his single niece also liked manga and anime and introduced the two. I was very jealous of his attractive, nerdy girlfriend-turned-wife for several years until I finally got on a dating site and found love for myself.

I'm fucking waiting!!

(Yet still need a notice, written notice, days ahead)

Quantum physics proves the chance of this happening isn't 0. Maybe if they wait long enough?

yes, because putting yourself out there just gets you yanked around by assholes -- ask me how I know.

Either Mr. Right will fall out of the great blue sky directly into my lap, or I'll die alone. But I frankly no longer have the will to really put effort towards that, anymore; and I can't fathom criticizing anyone else for deciding the same. Hell truly is other people.

That post's gotta chill with the personal attacks, geez.

I thought my problem was not going outside, but I recently saw a post about how most people meet online now.

So it turns out I just suck. That’s helpful to know

I saw The Secret in high school and I've just been following its advice of wishing really hard. 🤷🏻‍♂️

how else would i meet commander will riker, if not a transporter accident?

Sounds like an invasion of my privacy! I could be doing art at that moment, or some kind of lore deep dive. How rude to just teleport in like that!

Ew, a stranger appearing uninvited in my house?

No, they can teleport to the driveway like a normal person, thankyouverymuch.

[off topic?]

Wonderfully cheesy 1970s movie "Logan's Run" had a deal like that. Instead of just swiping on an image, people teleported to your house. If you liked each other you'd step off the platform...

[The movie has a brief appearance by Farrah Fawcett, which gives it high 1970s nostalgia appeal]

Ive been going out more and looking at it as practice for when I meet someone I actually like. Id hate to run them off because I'm some kind of cave creature who can't interact right

My spouse is a former roommate who more or less teleported into my living room.

...Along with 5 other people in a 2 bedeoom house.

But while it worked out for me I do not recommend it as a reliable strategy. We were lucky.

Is there another option?

I am in this picture and I don't like it.

Nah. I'll just wait till I meet some other introverted, nerdy person. I already met a few.

Ouch this one hurt, that's so fucking true 😔😔

I have seen many anime with this premise exactly

I'm waiting for that day.

They better have brought Mario Kart N64 game and setup with them if they are really my future love.

This was basically how it happened to me.