Do you hang out with people that have similar interests?

vCole

The reason I'm asking is because I have 0 friends with similar interests.
I'm the only geeky one of the bunch.

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Mishra

Only friends I have that have the same interests are married with 2+ kids so they have no time. Only way I could ever hang out with them is if I lived next door to them.

I've wanted a gaming buddy for a while but no such luck. Want someone to try out DnD 4.0 but definitely no luck. And someone to study with would be great but also no luck.

scheistermeister

Nope, with the exception of one person, but technically he is my cousin and falls into the family category and not friends. Besides that I don't go hangout with anyone very often at all.

dynamik

Not really. I always call up my friends, "Want to study IPSec? the OSI model?" but they just hang up on me

undomiel

... friends?

Lee H

ide say no, and glady, i mean do u really wanna have a pint an chat about how many pins are on the latest processor, noooooooooo

Simply: No.

That would be a Yes.

what is this thing called a friend???

haha

luckily i have a few from college who i live near that i can talk to and such but with schedules never get to see them.

Inc

Social life is over rated

I preffer solitude over smalltalk every time.

Even colleagues have no interest in forming study groups.

tiersten

Nope. I do have a few friends that would understand what I'm rambling on about but I don't want to talk about that when out trying to have fun.

snadam

tiersten wrote:

Nope. I do have a few friends that would understand what I'm rambling on about but I don't want to talk about that when out trying to have fun.

yep. I feel the same way. I have a very small amount of friends that are in the same industry. And when we do get together, we play 'who has more tech know-how' and I hate it because its just as bad as a political argument...

I do wish I had some more sports and guitar friends though... oh well.

Megadeth4168

I would say I have a pretty even split on friends who are techies and friends who are not.

networker050184

The only friends I have that even know what I am talking about are friends made through work.

pLuhhmm

I got a few some on my level some below me and some above me tech speaking. But talking about networking is boring lol were gamers @ heart so...

Slowhand

All my friends have the same interests that I do. Of course, those interests aren't always computers, but there's always some common ground. I have lots of geek-friends, but I also have people who don't know a CD tray from a cupholder in my circle of friends. Some are into anime, some are into dancing, some are into martial arts, others are into video games, there are the fitness-buffs, the surfers, the bookworms, the science fiction and fantasy geeks, and, of course, the random Monty Python fanatics.

Any cross-section of my friends will be from one or more of these (and other) categories. One of my closest friends, and roommate, Technomancer, definitely falls into the computer-geek category. . . hard.

Sie

Not really, and as such when im training at work and get to talk about it I usually go over the top and start seeing the smoke pour from their minds,

Rikku

It depends.

I think it's adaptive for most people. When you met someone, you start talking and you relate based on common interests and if you have no interest at all, its harder to relate. I think it also goes by other things such as humor or tastes...

When I notice someone around me that in my opinion has a bad taste in humor or other areas...I disassociate myself more...

A bunch of my friends at my last job..we all had a blast at work and could relate on many levels. But at the end of the work day....it was like the school bell rang. Everyone disappears quickly..trying to get anyone to meet outside of work and it was all out armwrestle event.

Choose your friends carefully or realize what the word friend really means to you.

I like the word collegue or associate myself...

-Rikku

AmpdChaos

what about this... how many of you are the free tech support??? i know i am...

Sie

AmpdChaos wrote:

what about this... how many of you are the free tech support??? i know i am...

If we start with this then we need to expand the subject to include Friends, Family, Collegeues, Managers, 'Friends' Friends and the milkmans dog.

tiersten

Sie wrote:

AmpdChaos wrote:

what about this... how many of you are the free tech support??? i know i am...

If we start with this then we need to expand the subject to include Friends, Family, Collegeues, Managers, Friends Friends and the milkmans dog.

Ah yes. People have to buy me dinner/lunch now if they want me to fix something

Being asked by the person nicely isn't too bad. Its the being volunteered to fix something for somebody you don't even know that is the worst.

AmpdChaos

as payment i've received food and a free monitor once... im fine with food.. lol

UnixGuy

Actually I've been troubles with friends lately ! most of them are into medicine, and besides that, they bore me ! I don't know. We've been friends since long time, but something isn't right. I need new friends , I've been bored lately.

My co-workers are very busy, we talk during the job sometimes, but nothing after working hours.

what do you think people ? where do you make new friends ? I need some fun

TechJunky

I have a Ventrilo server, we can have study group areas.... A+, N+, XP, Server Etc...

That would be a real time way to get info and keep some of you slackers (including myself) motivated.

pryde7

I wish all my closest friends shared the same interests like I do, but they aren't. Hang outs often turn to leave some hanging, when discussions become to technical. I feel left out sometimes when guys start talking about thermometers, salts and hospital stuff or cricket. Anyhow it adds to the fun.

Mishra

UnixGuy wrote:

what do you think people ? where do you make new friends ? I need some fun

Yeah good luck with that. I've even hunted down old high school friends on myspace. But as soon as I mention the "you want to do something?" they just stop responding. It's weird. lol And I'm a pretty normal guy so it's not like I have a tree growing out of me.

UnixGuy

Mishra wrote:

UnixGuy wrote:

what do you think people ? where do you make new friends ? I need some fun

Yeah good luck with that. I've even hunted down old high school friends on myspace. But as soon as I mention the "you want to do something?" they just stop responding. It's weird. lol And I'm a pretty normal guy so it's not like I have a tree growing out of me.

I did the same loool !!

what's wrong with people ! all of a sudden they're fond of staying at home !! damit I need to go out lol !

sprkymrk

UnixGuy wrote:

what do you think people ? where do you make new friends ? I need some fun

Sorry, but it's a well known fact that unix guys don't have the ability to make friends.
Unless you're a Mac-Unix guy, then you'll be the life of the party. Haven't you seen the commercials?

Seriously, most of my "friends" fall into the following categories:

Co-workers: A few of us actually do something outside of work, like twice a year plus the annual Christmas party.

Family: Since my closest relatives (besides wife and kiddies) live 800 miles away it's mostly the 3-4 phone calls per month thing.

Church: Great for eating out on Sundays and some Wednesdays, lots of phone calls, sometimes birthday parties or graduations, Saturday "work-day's" at the church, etc. The occasional Friday get together in someone's home.

Neighbors: Wave "hi" when you see them across the street. Call them and ask them to send my kids home for supper. One couple down the street we actually go out to eat with or visit in their/our homes with once in a while. They watch our dog and we watch theirs when necessary.

Online: I've met some people online, like here at TE and other places, that I would actually classify as "friends", and a couple of whom I have met in person. While most these might be better classified as "collegues" or "friendly aquaintences" there are a few I wouldn't be ashamed to call my friends.

undomiel

Pretty much all of my friends are school buddies that I barely keep in contact with anymore. So I'm mostly a hermit.

Mishra

I've actually thought about using the meetup.com site or whatever to start a DND group. Or maybe going to one of those gaming stores. But honestly those people are too nerdy for me. I need fun/nerdy people to be around, not people who argue about rules or about a computer problem. Only the most nerdy go to those places and it isn't much fun.

Finding fun/nerdy people that are able to take time out of their day is very hard.