Off My Chest
RULES:
I am looking for mods!
1. The "good" part of our community means we are pro-empathy and anti-harassment. However, we don't intend to make this a "safe space" where everyone has to be a saint. Sh*t happens, and life is messy. That's why we get things off our chests.
2. Bigotry is not allowed. That includes racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and religiophobia. (If you want to vent about religion, that's fine; but religion is not inherently evil.)
3. Frustrated, venting, or angry posts are still welcome.
4. Posts and comments that bait, threaten, or incite harassment are not allowed.
5. If anyone offers mental, medical, or professional advice here, please remember to take it with a grain of salt. Seek out real professionals if needed.
6. Please put NSFW behind NSFW tags.
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Instead of hope, let's give directions.
Use something like meetup.com to find groups in your area that match some of your interests.
I appreciate the suggestion but I don't like sites that profits from human interaction.
I'm this case, it might be worth making a bit of an exception.
People who are willing to use platforms like that are going to suffer in long term and ethical internet is an important value for me. From what I read, meetup.com is already enshittifying so I am not missing out on anything.
If a person says they are hungry and you give them an apple, and that person hands it back and says they only eat organic, then partly that person is causing their own problem.
What I am hearing right now is that you are choosing that you would rather be lonely than compromise your ideals, which is fine... But it sounded like you were tired of being lonely and were willing to try new things.
That new thing to try might just be compromise.
Good luck to you, friend.
Unless you run a group you don't pay anything.
There are other things like community halls or libraries that may have groups using them. You can also check those.
I am paying with the data they'll use for advertising.