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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/48201538

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/friendship-2

Alt textLater it turns out to be a gay bar, and things go better than expected.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 71 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

Pick a coworker you don't hate.

Ask if they want to join you for lunch.

If they agree, invite them again. Re-invite until it's expected. Have them bring coworkers they don't hate, or more likely they'll bring people to you. All of a sudden, you have a friend group.

Now, start talking about workplace grievances. When your friend group is agitated to the point of mobilizing, you have yourself a union organizing committee

[–] Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 4 points 19 minutes ago

I did this once. It worked well, still talk to most of those people from time to time since ive left that job.

My issue was the near daily expectation of going out for lunch. Like who's made of money like that? Not going for lunch allows me to save like $100 a week now.

[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Do you really hate all of your coworkers, or do you despise your job so much that any inconvenience is attributed to the messenger and not the boss

[–] frog@feddit.uk 9 points 54 minutes ago

I read it that they don't have coworkers.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 3 points 39 minutes ago (2 children)

Nah that’s just work friends. Those aren’t real friends. You will lose them when you change jobs.

Go to the same place every day. Become a part of the scenery. Eventually people will approach you because you are familiar. Invite them to take a seat. Friends.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 27 minutes ago (1 children)

Work friends become real friends once you turn the work-friend group into an organizing committee. I still have dozens of friends from my previous job, because we were organizing together

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 minutes ago

Man, I just remembered to text the folks who went out for beers after work when I found a new job, and we're still friends and have all mostly quit drinking.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 1 points 24 minutes ago

I made lots of permanent friends at one of my jobs, but I didn't have a long commute or anything, we live 20 minutes apart only because they had a commute

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

I tried this but then the friend group all agreed that I was a piece of shit and kicked me out.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 2 points 10 minutes ago

Friendships are hard in adulthood because of a myriad of reasons but its primarily that adults have a higher bar of trust needed so you need to build rapport slowly over time.

Its made extra bad today because everyone is working all the time but is too broke to visit social places weekly or more which is largely required for that rapport.

Can you be friendly by offering someone some gum and make them like you more in that moment? Sure. But try getting their contact information at the end of your social encounter and you'll find its more of a crapshoot if you get any, and even if you do whether you actually stay in regular contact anyway.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 22 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

Version updated for adults: "I have an Ibuprofen, wanna be friends?"

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 hour ago

Do you have anything stronger?

[–] Blooper@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Yes, please.

[–] Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Only in countries where people don't read the side effects.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 minutes ago

Your paracetamol is no better, just hurts a different organ.

[–] Caption_Mo@reddthat.com 16 points 1 hour ago

Everybody likes the guy who offers them a stick of gum.