mainly mutuals but if you dont have friends to start with or they dont have any mutuals, i would say the best way is to go to things you’re interested in and try to strike up conversations with people there. exchange socials and then try to arrange going to stuff together.

do you really ever love or just pretend

friends? what am I 6?

I really need to do the third one more. Multiple times a day I see someone walk by and think "That hair/fit/tattoo is fire " but I don't say anything

these threads are always annoying. just a whole bunch of folks projecting their experiences onto other people

@op your ability to make friends most likely depends on where you live. if you’re in a city with lots of activities and events that suit your interests, start getting out more to attend those and you’ll find yourself among like-minded people

but if you’re like me, living in a lame ass town with no culture whatsoever, then you’re not going to make any real-life friends

Projection

I can make friends I just suck at keeping in touch with them, I don’t see the need to text everyday or send a pic of my face on snap everyday to some girls and then I get perceived as rude.

People are sharing their experiences not projecting.

I’m speaking from experience as someone who has made these kinds of threads before

People either s***post or tell the OP to develop some hobbies, despite not knowing if OP already has hobbies or if they live in an area where they can enjoy those hobbies with other people

People make friends in a different way and context

Sharing that experience that might not be applicable to you isn't projection lol

I don't use the internet like that too it weirds out my friends sometimes

I don't follow them on ig too, I dont wanna see the same ass story from 200 other people

Just give me my NBA recap and some news and I'm good

i'm wondering the same thing buddy

Just be yourself

This type of advice be the worst

No offense

Don’t care to make any new friends at this point tbh got my girl and a few close homies and that’s good enough

Was a joke

i discovered an answer to this question i think will help people:

building quality friendships is based on being aware of your values

a lot of people say they want friends but aren't aware of their values so they end up starting a friendship then being disappointed when that person isn't aligned with who they are

i've done this often

starting from being aware of your values then building relationships based on that and rejecting any others that don't meet the criteria is the way to be happy

for example, if one of your top values is gratitude, you don't build relationships with people who are ingrates

helps you weed out what you don't want easily

Thanks for this homie
great advice

you dont

f*** em

I mean it both way

What about me