Shove that phone up your ass.

>>42981981
I don't want friends, I want to cum inside Rainbow Dash.

Causality backwards. I watch the show BECAUSE I can't make friends.

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>>42981981
I had many frens in 2012 who were into ponies, now they all left poni and either got back to animu or became furfags. They sometimes write to me but uhh i don't feel interested in anything else than ponies. also finding friends after 30 feels awkward idk

>>42981981
I'm not a friendly person, because humans do not deserve friendliness. You guys are barely tolerable compared to normalnigger filth that infests this planet. Only ponies deserve to be treated with kindness and respect, and I will reserve all of my goodness for when I re-emerge in Equestria as reward for the hell I have had to endure here. If there is no Equestria when I die I don't care what happens and my existence will have been meaningless anyway.

>>42982020
>This whole friendship has meant nothing. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for friends for anyone.
Based Bateman-Anon

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>>42981981
I just pretend to be nice to people because I have to. Underneath the mask I hate everything and everyone. At least when I'm here, I don't have to pretend.

>>42982020
>>42982066
Based. Reserve your love for others when you get to Equestria, but be as good as you can anyway so you prove yourself worthy for Equestrian life.

>>42981981
It's really hard to make friends as an adult with autism. I get along fine with my coworkers, but I have nothing in common with them, so we're not actual friends. I had friends as a kid, but none of them live anywhere near me. I have internet friends, but no one I can hang out with IRL. I had a friend from my last job I used to hang out with, but after I left he stopped answering all my texts and calls and we don't hang out anymore. I don't know what happened to him.

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>>42982032
>There are no more dramas to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the virgin, the vicious and the faggot. All the butthurt I have caused and my utter indifference toward it, I have now surpassed. My clopping is constant and sharp.

>>42981981
I don't have friends because of autism and I watch the show because of autism.

>>42981981
I have 4 people that I'd call friends and that''s it

pump

>>42982829
Is that what you're doing to OP's dick right now with your throat?

>>42981981
I dunno but I want to find someone else that's a trash native like me and goon ourselves dumb

>>42982020
So what's your story anon? Who hurt you to make you belive this?

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>>42982000
trips of truth

>>42981981
I have a major malfunction where i'm scared of sharing anything personal about myself

>>42982019
>or became furfags
Anon... I

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>>42981981
I can make friends just fine. In high school though, i was known as "that guy who fucks ponies", and that reputation stuck the entire time, even after i stopped talking about it

>>42981981
I have friends I talk to online and people I know IRL, but I am unable to befriend anyone who likes ponies.

>>42981981
Because bronies like to watch a show for little girls as a hobby, that's not really sociable

>>42981981
It's been twenty years since I last had any friends, and I think I've reached the point where I don't really want them anymore.

>>42983423
Same.

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Every single soul in this board is mentally changed and most of the rest of the bronies too, the ones who doesn't are the called by (you) as normalfags.

>>42983581
I want to mentally change a filly.

>>42981981
Im too autistic and weird for friends, maybe its just in my genes. Dunno.

I’m severely misanthropic, shy, socially awkward, and don’t really feel compelled to make friends with normies. But I’d love to be befriend other bronies. Hopefully if/when I go to my first convention, I’ll have the chance to meet other bronies. It’s hard to say when that’ll happen though, since I’m currently a NEET and can’t guarantee that I’ll have a job soon enough to prepare for it. If I get to do it this year, I’m either going to Mare Fair or SeaquestriaFest — maybe even both if I’m able to. The real problem will be the travel, because I can’t decide if I’m gonna drive or fly, depending on where I go.

>>42983425
shut up dumbass

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>>42981981
For me it's autism. I couldn't even make friends at Mare Fair. That experience sucked hard. This is the first time I've been on this board in over a year, but I don't know what I'm doing anymore; I didn't even really miss this place that much. I miss what it was back in the old days. Being here now depresses me.

Over the years, I have had a couple of online pony friends, but it never lasts. They either stop messaging me or leave the fandom. But I get it. Even before pony, it's not like I was ever anybody's first choice for a hang or to chat with or something like that. I hate being the first person to message someone in dicksword, but if I don't do it then I just never hear from them again. And these days, I don't hear from anybody.

>>42983997
>I couldn't even make friends at Mare Fair
I always tell people not to go to cons alone if they're fat or socially awkward. You're just setting yourself up for disappointment.

>>42984105
guess things never change

>>42982019
I've never had a friend write to me before

>>42983997
>I couldn't even make friends at Mare Fair
You couldn't make brony friends at the offboarder convention!?

>>42984364
Sorry anon. The world is a cold dark place and the only happy people are those who are lucky enough to be born right. There either is no benevolent God or there is no God at all which is what I'm leaning towards. Just a lifetime of disappointment without rhyme or reason to it, while these people get to live a perfect life while doing literally nothing to achieve it. It's a good thing I live in a nogunz country.

>>42981981
Because communication is hard. I'll make friends once telepathy is possible (and not from a dumb brain chip, because that will never transfer actual thought, it would just be another kind of language).

>>42982020
>t. Brandon Hole

I don’t have friends because I work a lot and am too tired to wanna hang out with people when I’m off work.

>>42981981
but I have friends. and since correlation equals causation it must have been the great friendship lessons of S2 and 3 that helped me make them

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>>42981981
Bronies can't make friends because of their autism. Google "Autistic Person" and go to images right now. That is how normalfags will always view us. Physically deformed, stunted, unpredictable, and immature. And even if some of us fit into that box, normalfags will never give you a chance. They will only see you at a surface-level and look past everything else meaningful. They can only see groups as a generalized and stereotyped collective.
I have a few obligatory friends that I don't care about revealing my power level with. The only thing that's come out of it is a bit of teasing. I'd like to be friends with more like-minded people but I live in a ultra-rural gentrified nowhere town.

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The show was a lie. In this world, friendship is temporary, and can terminate at any time for any reason. You can and will be backstabbed. Then, when you get older, as is the case for everyone here that isn't a skibidi ohio rizzler cum guzzler zoomer, friendship becomes increasingly difficult to begin.

>>42984906
>The show was a lie.
The show was the truth that this world strayed from.

>>42981981
I make friends just fine despite being on the spectrum and being diagnosed twice. I prefer to have a very small friend group of people I am very close to. I prefer to keep my close friend group to around 2-3 people and prefer groups of no more than 3 people including myself irl atleast.

>>42983997
>For me it's autism. I couldn't even make friends at Mare Fair. That experience sucked hard.
I know that feel. It's a very deep, lonely feeling. What makes it hurt even more is that all the "marketing" for Mare Fair paints is as a place where even the most autistic loser can make friends, so long as you love ponies. But no, people mostly just stay in their cliques, and unless you are "known" in some way, people aren't going to take a chance on some rando. Or at least, that's been the case for me, clearly other people are having a great time.
Sucks that I'm too much of an autistic loser for the autistic loser club. Or maybe I'm not autistic enough, I don't know.
>>42984105
Unfortunately good advice.

Can we have a /soc/ thread? just leave some emails or dc tags and say what you re looking for in a friend or date. Weve been here for 13 years some of us, I bet we could make friends and jack off to horses together.

>>42984996
>or date
On here? Really?

>>42984996
I think I’d be down for that. I’d love to meet other bronies.

>>42984924
Poetic

>>42985004
To be honest, I’d rather date people from this site than normies in the outside world. These are my people. I’m too extreme for normies. At least I can be straightforward about what I’m looking for on the internet.

>>42985004
Ugh I want a yandere anon to browse trash threads and get worse together of course I would date and even love someone from here

>>42985031
Good reason. I just didn't think there were that much gay people on this board.
>>42985033
Ew get help

>>42981981
>Why can't we make friends?
We don't need to, Anon. The ponies are our friends. What more could you want?

>>42985041
>I just didn't think there were that much gay people on this board.
stallion thread

>>42985041
I’m bisexual, but I’m more open to male friends and shit. The only females I’m really interested in are mares, and they’re not real.

i wish being a flaming faggot was against the law

>>42985065
Well, it’s not. So cope.

>>42984105
This is of course true, but meeting people online who you know will be going to an upcoming con has worked for me. That’s what I suggest to people.

>>42981981
I don't need nopony's friendship.

>>42984996
I'd be fine with talking to some of you people, but the problem is that when you start talking about anything other than ponies, people here generally spout the dumbest takes imaginable. Usually politics, which is fine when it aligns with my views (like it is for anyone else, don't deny it, that's all it comes down to) but cancer otherwise. And since everything is politically charged nowadays that doesn't leave much to talk about. And if we're just gonna be talking about ponies I can just do that on here.

>>42983997
>BOO HOO I HAVE AUTISM I'M JUST LIKE YOU
>*goes to a normie con*
Not fooling anyone

>>42985571
Yes, nobody is as autistic as you, that's for sure.

>>42985581
>ad hominem
I accept your concession

>>42985585
>thinking anyone here cares to argue genuinely with you
I accept your concussion.

>>42985593
>n-nobody cares t-to a-argue with you (translation: I can't come up with a valid argument)
Done.

>>42985601
>stuttering
Done.

>>42985627
>worthless reply
Done.

>>42985627
>>42985632
You are loved and appreciated. Your lives are worthwhile.

>>42985639
And I hate you and want you dead. You should kill yourself.

>>42981981
I make friends just fine, I'm just very selective of who I make friends with. I don't need to make friends with everyone.

>>42985642
I forgive you

>>42985639
>You are loved and appreciated.
At least by my parents in some capacity.

>Your lives are worthwhile.
Not a chance.

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The past dozen replies are the perfect answer to OP's question.

>>42985655
^;) I'm having fun with the tard though. Soi style arguing deserves nothing but soi style replies.

>>42985655
Sorry I'm not interested in being nice to normalfags (not really)

>>42983997
>I couldn't even make friends at Mare Fair.
I had a somewhat similar experience with a different (non pony) event earlier this year. At the time I was into playing Ingress and there was an event reasonably close to me (+theta anomaly). This seemed like a good way to try out something like this. My faction even had a dedicated group for players who weren't part of any pre-established group, filled out their form and signed up with them but never heard back. Still went there on my own anyways, turns out the entire thing is just groups that already know each other using it as their meetup. I talked to basically no one beyond the occasional "Hello", just ended up doing my own thing for the duration of the event and went home afterwards.

My guess would be that going to a pony convention would not go over much differently.

>>42985655
Yes... keep eating that popcorn... get fatter...

>>42984680
>nogunz country
The only thing I'm thankful for, other than mares

>>42985655
I hope those anons become friends.

>>42985789
I would never become friends with a connormie. I have nothing in common with those faggots.

>>42985811
this is why you are alone

>>42985821
Being alone is better than being around a bunch of two faced posers

I want to be friends with everypony

>>42984996
someone tried that last year and it quickly became namefags forming a hierarchy and schizos screaming at them.

>>42981981
I have friends though?

>>42984680
>>42985788
fuck you fags I want my guns

>>42986844
this is why you have no friends

>>42986856
because I have no firearms?

>>42984996
>or date
that's gay

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>>42986496
tbf I did manage to meet some anons last year
also we had pic rel

>>42981981
Anytime I fuck up and accidently let slip im a ponyfag to normies I am immediatly made fun of for it no matter whom or what relation I have to the person. Usually more than once as that seems to be the go-to for interacting with me from that point on.
>see anon
>hum theme
>make some shitty normie mlp reference
>ask who favorite pony is

It gets to the point where I may actually quite my job after I retardedly told one of the girls after being asked about what my favorite TV show was; or kill myself, whichever I can afford.

>>42985563
>like it is for anyone else, don't deny it, that's all it comes down to
nah I'd mind having a friendly banter with normies (would be pretty to just ad hominem them as glimmerfarters)

>>42986879
>I'd mind
would NOT mind
>normies
commies. Freudian slip

>>42985050
loving stallions isn't gay

>>42986872
LMAO

>>42986872
Will Bongs EVER get a win? Damn.

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>>42983997
>Boo hoo im lonely
Hey retard. You ever just choose not to care? being "lonely" is a choice.

>>42985782
>Anon is a feeder

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>>42983997
For what it's worth, you're not alone. I've lived like a ghost for a while now. Just marking the days and watching the world turn, almost in spite of myself.

I wish I had some advice or some words of encouragement for you. I don't. It will eventually stop getting worse. There is a bottom, but if you ever hit it, then you never get out. I haven't found it at least.

I just wanted to laugh at the guy who went to mare fair and somehow found himself incapable of 'making friends'.
You were in the one spot with all the other 'out there with my autism' posters on this board, and you still couldn't squeak out a fucking 'y-you too'?
LOL.
>But normie fair was all normie fags!
If it was or wasn't, not important, you were at a convention where everyone else there is also there for the same reason as you, I hope it was money well wasted.

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>>42983997
Look anon, the process of making friends may be harder to some than most, but I want to join in and laugh at you despite my agreeing.

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They think liking ponies is bad and victimizes others.

>>42987370
How's this faggot still going?

>>42981981
Huh? I have friends in the /mlp/ community.

>>42987319
Oh please, """mare""" fair is just a place for discord cliques to meet up irl. If you aren't part of said cliques, there's no point in going.

>>42987645
Proofs?

>>42983423
Anon, no one here cares that you're a pedophile just don't tell normies

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>>42983460
>that guy who fucks ponies
BASED. I also struggled to keep a lid on my autism when I was younger

>>42985055
Heh, yeah.

The show is a ideal world. We don't live in that. Getting older means less friends, at some point all of them drop away, no matter what you do to hold onto them, at least that's how it is for me. I'm not sad, and honestly I'm not sure I even care anymore. But I hope that you have friends, lovers and happiness in life, it makes things so much better. Even when you take it for granted. I have had nothing but joy from /mlp/ over the years. I plan to be here at the end. Thanks, Anon.

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>>42988460
>I chased like 3 girls around the school every lunch
So you were just playing like a child normally would. Why is this such an issue? I'd consider it a fairly regular childhood. If it happened at secondary school then yeah that'd be weird but it's pretty normal in primary years. You're autistically overthinking shit Anon.

>>42988460
>muh heckin primary school ptsd
Boo hoo nigger. I got stabbed when I was in 3rd grade and you don't hear me crying about it.

>>42988460
>for some reason
Congratulations, anon, you're not gay.

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>>42988460
I also have severe PTSD from kindergarten where I got up out of my seat and slapped my pregnant teachers belly

>>42988685
Maybe try not being a worthless third worlder sometime.

>>42988803
>whiny pantywaist faggot can only reply with baseless ad hominem
Sad!

>>42988789
Hot.

>>42988812
Oh, you're the soiteen. Kek, no wonder you got stabbed. Hope next time they manage to puncture one of your vital organs.

>>42988817
>Oh, you're (another baseless accusation)
Not an argument.

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>>42988460
>PTSD from early primary school
>I chased like 3 girls around the school every lunch for some reason

>>42981981
I have friends I hang out with and talk to everyday. I just don't want to be friends with (You). Half of you are wannabe namefags who will jump at any opportunity to gossip over any petty drama.

>>42989101
This but unironically.

It's just the autism, lol.

>>42989126
Trvke

I never was really able to make friends before becoming a brony. The only "friends" I had only wanted to associate with me inside of school. I realized it'd be easier to be alone instead of trying to make friends because I genuinely believe that no one would like me. No point in putting in any effort if I always know the outcome. Even with online friends I know that it won't last long because trying to reconnect is just too much. My only other real social experience was when I played on the /mlp/ tf2 server, and I had a really good time and talked to all the oldfags and had a serene experience. But the feeling of going back just feels weird and awkward. Yeah it was nice, but it was very stimulating and draining, and while I crave that stimulation, I don't want to feel the loneliness that comes after. I feel like that really encapsulates my experience with friendships and socializing, and that I've poisoned myself into being comfortable when alone

In my experience, you need two of three things in order for people to want to be your friend.

Be attractive
Be entertaining
be useful

God help you if you can't check off a single one.

>>42989295
you forgot the "already be friends with their friend"

>>42989101
Bold of you to assume anyone here would want to be your friend in the first place.

>>42989295
Exactly this. Friendship doesn't exist, it's just people who feel they have a use for you. Nothing else. Nobody really cares and the best outcome for humanity is if it is wiped off the face of the Earth entirely.

>>42988855
Yeah it's definitely you, lol. You grumpy because the scar you got from people who rightfully hate you itches?

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>>42989319
thats not very friendship of you

>>42989319
I wouldn't say that. While the start may be rather superficial and shallow, true friendship can still form once your personality shines through. I've got some real ride or die homies who would be there for me when I need them and vice versa.

>>42989295
trvthnvke

>>42989332
>Headcanon
Done.

>>42982985
Maybe one day--Oh hey, today's the day.
You cool with dickpics or not, I just wanna know? I got a small one but I like to brag about it, also I don't VC but I'll cam.

What does friendship look like to you anons?

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>>42989646
Makes the rot inside go away. even if only for a little while.
My only irl friend (and who introduced me to mlp) is now a thousand miles away, and we haven't talked much in the last year, but I'm gonna try to reconnect soon.

>>42989699
Soon is now. Do it, Anon.

I just want what Snake and Otacon have. I’d attach the GIF of them dapping each other up, but that doesn’t belong here.

I can't make friends because I hate to use a name or trip. Just another faceless being in Starlight Glimmer's commune.

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>>42989709
soon as I have the time, I know for a fact that friendo also has an equally fucked schedule, but I will do my best.

>>42989365
So you tick one of the boxes.

>>42988460
When I was a kid some girl older than me choked me until I passed out. Maybe why I like mares better. Hooves could never

>>42989889
filly hooves wouldve taken both your eyes

>>42989907
hot

>>42989878
I refuse to believe everyone here doesn't check off at least one.

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>>42989889
>When I was a kid some girl older than me choked me until I passed out
Holy UNF

>>42989889
Okay, but why does the human psyche always have to turn traumatic experiences into fetishes?

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>>42989646
people you can act retarded with
>>42989295
you can also form camaraderie during times of hardship. i've met my friends during my training days or having same shitty situation

>>42990098
>you can also form camaraderie during times of hardship. i've met my friends during my training days or having same shitty situation
That probably falls under his "be useful" category. Psychologically useful.

>>42990097
Maybe it's something like autoerotic asphyxiation for him? Maybe when you get choked your brain releases pleasurable endorphins? Who knows.

Bump

>>42989907
Yes, so thank god fillies are kinder than people
>>42990097
>>42990118
Hooves coukd never, as in hooves could never choke at all. I'm really turned off by inflicting or being inflcited with pain. I can't sleep or relax if there's anything touching the front of my neck. I jusy want sappy lovey sex with my pretty wife princess celestia

>>42990553
>I'm really turned off by inflicting or being inflcited with pain.
Foreveralone confirmed I'm afraid.

>>42990533

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>this thread
I have no friends
>confession thread
How do I have both girlfriend and waifu

Explain this discrepancy.

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>>42988685
By bringing it up here you actually are "crying" about it, if not literally. Sorry that happened to you

>>42991071
Would be a bit rude to hop in here and brag about how good you have it I suppose.

>>42991071
Waifufags are fakers more often than not.

>>42990098
Great point!
Shared hardships do tend to bring people together and form really strong bonds.

Like others said autism is to blame. I just never really liked hanging out with people. Not that I hated them, I just preferred being alone. Eventually I made some friends with common interests whose company I enjoyed. I meet them maybe 4 or 5 times a year and that’s really enough for me and has made me a happier person. I think a lot of people here would like having a similar arrangement

I realised all the 'friends' I had were just fairweather friends and as soon as they weren't constantly reminded about me by seeing me around they forgot about me completely.
You can only go through that so many times before realising it just isn't worth the effort.
I don't really mind being alone, but maybe I've just gotten used to it. I don't feel any need to go out and try to make new friends or meet people.
>>42989295
I have none of those.

>>42991071
the title of this thread filters out functional anons

>>42991427
Yup, seeing my closest friends once every year or two is more than enough, anything more is just unpleasant

>>42991818
>as soon as they weren't constantly reminded about me by seeing me around they forgot about me completely.
Very relatable. Unlike you I actually do mind it, not because I want to be surrounded by tons of people, but because I am mad as hell that I have to live this life when the overwhelming chance for me was being born in this day and age was to have a happy or at least functional life. Instead I get this, the lowest of the low. The bottom rung of the ladder, entirely outside of my control.

>>42992151
*being born in this age and country, I mean. I could've had a shittier life being born in a subhuman shithole, I guess, which is supposed to be "comforting" somehow. Because nothing makes a person happier than being told things could be even worse.

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>>42991427
Is autism one of those "chosen illnesses" here? Being alone is not autism at all, a vast swath of the population likes being alone and likes to lock in undisturbed. That's considered completely normal.

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I actually have couple of friends, some that I've met here on this board back in 2012 who still stick with me
Couple I've made during the corona era when I was terminally online playing vidya
I honestly stick with the few people I know because I am way too trusting and way too nice to have friends without them trying to use me
like
>A guy online complains about selling his pony OC
>Feel bad and offer him money for him to keep it
>he agrees and we become friends
>every now and then he asks for money
>provide because why not
>until one day when I can't
>get blocked
or then one time in 2021
>Get a friend over art
>we talk a lot
>turns out she is an artist
>every now and then complains about having way too few comms and struggle with money
>offer to help
>she often draws some cute art in return
>send her maybe $2k in over a year
>she does like 3 drawings in that year
>keep providing because I have more money than I can spend
>one day have a large spending
>she asks for money
>can't this time, sorry
>get blocked

>>42992442
You should give me money, and in return I won't block you :)

>>42992461
wanna be a friend then?

>>42992461
What, I wasn't being serious lol. I'd feel bad taking your money. I'll be your friend though if you want

>>42992477
Meant to reply to >>42992468

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>>42992477
If he adds you, he deserves to get ripped off.

>>42986909
>t. closeted faggot who is coping with his love for dick

>>42992295
>I don't understand the difference between being alone and lonly.

>>42992477
I'll take the money!

>>42991857
>the title of this thread filters out delusional anons
and copium addicts.

>>42992295
>a vast swath of the population likes being alone and likes to lock in undisturbed
No they fucking don't. See: people losing their minds during covid lockdowns.

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>>42992442
>women

There's your problem

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Making friends, like many things, needs a balanced approach. You can't sit back and contribute nothing, waiting for people to come to you; but you also can't expect that forcing things super hard will make just anybody into a friend. Friendship does indeed involve a little bit of magic, or rather alchemy, because not everybody can be friends with anybody. Just like alchemy, two substances can appear totally unreactive with one another until some heat is applied, but just sometimes they will react in a self-sustaining way - THAT is friendship. You need to put in some activation energy - socialize a little bit, see if you can share a laugh, find out whether you have things in common that make it easy to talk. Just saying hello how's the weather won't do, and the process of getting to really know someone in this way can take more than just one interaction. But after you put in the effort of knowing someone at least that much, only then can you really tell if a real friendship is viable, because you will feel a sort of compatibility in an emotional way. Then it won't feel like effort, it will be just going with the flow.

Personally I have too many online friends between just two main friend groups. I have to bounce around and manage my schedule so our scheduled events don't conflict. Scheduled events, by the way, are amazing for making and sustaining friendships. It's tough for me to find the energy to build up new friendships from scratch for their own sake - I want friends who really get me about some stuff that my other friends don't understand, I have a niche that isn't filled (and therein is the potential for chemical reaction with just the right type of person). Otherwise I feel like I'm just doing like friendship charity for people and while that's great, I don't think I have the vitality and time to share since I've got so many friends-for-friend's-sake already.

>>42991818
Fairweather friends aren't a problem, they're the norm, and they do bring value into your life. True ride-or-dies are exceptionally rare - and they always start out as fairweathers. And even then, life circumstances may cause ride-or-dies to grow apart amicably, and that too is okay. Love is truly an infinite resource, and what is lost may always be regained through some other means - if you only keep the hope alive.

>>42989264
I love reconnecting with old friends, it feels, idk, heroic. Most people are afraid to do it, but nobody is afraid of someone trying to do it TO them. You never know what they might think about you, they might be in shit shape and miss you terribly, or they might have just forgotten about you and appreciate hearing what's going on since you last talked.

>>42987370
I caused this guy getting mad about mares, how should I feel?

>>42992883
bad because ponies are better

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>>42989319

>>42992888
Sex

>>42992888
I want to give him ear scritches.

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>>42992442
I'm genuinely sorry for you anon, I hate how people take advantage of kindhearted people like (you). I've lent friends money before and always gotten it back (without having to remind them), genuine friends will never put you in a situation where they expect money from you. I've watched similar to what you described happen to my brother and though he's gotten better as he's older, people still take advantage of his kindness.

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>>42992633
>I love reconnecting with old friends
I've been tempted but I recently found out that my best mate from primary school is a hard left mtf tranny with a furry boyfriend.

everytime I make a friend from someone who actively uses /mlp/ weeks after I always unfriend them every single fucking time. so unbearable

>>42993408
Ew. I have an elementary school friend that turned into a “femboy”. In fact, we almost dated because we’re both lonely losers (just being honest) and I was almost desperate enough to consider it. What really made me stop talking to him is that he seemed to be weirded out when he found out that I’m a brony, even though he’s a furry. It’s weird because I was openly into MLP in elementary school, and somehow he missed that. To be fair though, he only ever hung around me in school to play games on my phone, so maybe he was never really my friend.

>>42993611
You're mad because you choose to unfriend people yourself? What?

>>42993656
No, I try to keep friends with the people that add me from /mlp/ on stuff like steam but they're either so autistic that it just feels embarrassing when they try to talk to me so I unfriend them.

>>42993660
So you're just a picky asshole. What do YOU offer on your side of the societal contract?

I'm a weird loser and I make people uncomfortable.

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>>42993388
I guess ponies made me way too nice in this shitty ass world. I wish people would be nice to each other like ponies are instead of trying to use everyone for their own good.
I think I have learned my lesson though. Wish I knew before that people will turn on me as soon as you deny them money.
I also pretty much over the year lost all my friends I used to play games with, which bothers me too. Everyone moved on only I have stayed

>>42992633
>Most people are afraid to do it, but nobody is afraid of someone trying to do it TO them.
enter: me

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>>42992442
I am sorry to tell you this anon as you are a good person, but any relationship made on money is kept by money. Most relationships (as in any kind) are made off providing, intellectual sparing, a shoulder to lean on, or a extra helpful hand at the workplace. the moment that you stop providing that, the other person likely assumes the relationship is over.

If you want to know how close that friendship is, don't be afraid to test it. Doesnt matter what people say, testing relationships is normal. You should now how real your friends are BEFORE you fully commit to them.

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>>42984924

try being a biological female in this space, don’t fit in with “normal” fans and all my brony friends get mad when I express that I’m only interested in friends. (I don’t date at all and don’t lead people on, I’m just generally friendly to all sexes so people get confused). I had fun at mare fair and made a lot of friends, but I’m not stupid and I know how I get spoken about behind my back. I don’t like going to normal spaces anymore though so I accept what I have and try to think positively of people. I think maybe having a bit of faith in people in the only way anyone makes friends

>>42994335
>Doesnt matter what people say, testing relationships is normal

What the fuck does this shit even mean?

>>42994314
I feel the same way. Too bad it’ll never happen, which is why I’m a misanthrope.

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>>42984996
Like >>42986496 said, we had a series of threads last year that were actually pretty successful. Someone posted a map where people could pin their location attached with a pic and an email, and meetups were being planned left and right. However the unfortunate truth is, if you wanted to keep your newfound friends, you were going to have to move things off board. Even the pin map that was made is no longer available due to the site's jewry. So regional dicksword servers were made to keep people in contact and plan meetups regularly, some of them are still pretty active. Anons from NC host a meetup about once a month, and VA has also hosted a few. Florida apparently had their own server for a while and is very populated. So if you want to make friends, or just meet and chill with a fellow faggot, it's a good place to start. It just sucks that more threads like this aren't made.

>>42992633
Honestly this. The reality is, a majority of ponyfags in general aren't very social. If you actually want to make friends and make things happen, (you)'re gonna have to be the one to step up and start a conversation, socialize, and make plans. I know it doesn't come easy to everyone, but at least we all know we have something in common, that's a start.

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>>42994411
>>42984996
>>42985009
Also here's the regional group contacts, if you're interested.

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>>42994352
>be woman
>be retarded
many such cases.

>>42981981
i have a group of friends that i go to cons with that i met here. been friends with them for years.

>>42994352
u the one with the horse shoes?

>>42994352
So are you the tranny, the cosplayer, the cripple, or the filly fucker?

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>>42981981
Humans, and this includes my sorry ass, are driven by compulsion to abuse any kind of relationship: friendly, romantic, familial, work, or anything else.
I have friends, both of the online type and the real life type. They are fucking insufferable, online ones a bit less. Both only want to use you to talk at about their interests or flex their successes, or worse, they want to drag you to events so they can slough off social embarrassment of any situation onto you. Yes, I do that as well. Everyone does it. But we have to put up a stiff upper lip and deal with it anyway because we can't get our basic necessities like food and shelter, let alone fun things like mares, without tolerating people enough to not assault them. And even if you do get to the ideal where you don't have to deal with other people, your body punishes you and starts actively damaging your brain. Hell is being required to be with other people.

Ponies, at least as we are shown them in the first half of the show, don't have this problem. they legit want to spend time with others. When one of them is in an awkward or embarrassing position they're not trying to shift that embarrassment onto others. They sometimes have the ability to share about their lives without requiring a complete dominance of their little chats in the process, which is better then humans never doing it.

>>42994352
My sister told me it's annoying; if you're nice to any man then they automatically assume you're interested in dating them. Must suck tbdesu

>>42994619
Of course we do. Women are not useful for any other purpose.

>>42994619
It's not so much an assumption as it is a desperate move. Being online men have no clue where to go find a romantic relationship. I could even say such a place doesn't exist. We're all behind our PCs using a (semi) anonymous avatar. Conversations are indirect, logged, not to mention lacking body language and subtext. So if an IRL girl with similar interests acts nice to you, even platonically, that's already a billion times more opposite-sex affection than you would normally get, so you risk a shot. Of course it's quite hopeless and possibly inappropriate but what other options do you have?

>>42994352
Damn, I could peg-a-sister, iykwim.

>>42994534
>friends are insufferable and only talk about their interests
The few people I know who aren't like this are the only ones I still talk to

>>42994686
I am literally scared to talk about me because I feel like I would boast or just push myself too much into the conversation

>>42994693
I have the same fear. It's really hard to find a good balance between sharing and boasting. There is a big difference between boasting and just letting people know who you are though. honestly, most people probably want to hear more than you think. They're not gonna hate you just for trying to friendship

>>42984996
i wanna talk to someone

>Aids cases begging for a /grindr/ general
Burn in hell, all of you stupid poz's

>>42994796
Okay, hi! Hi Anon! Have a good day today! Friday, woohoo!
Do you feel better?

>>42994815
>Do you feel better?
no no but you seem to be silly (which i like). I feel bad a bit, like I wanna blogpost to someone but i don't really have anyone to talk to

>>42994828
Well, you can talk to me if you want; I'm not busy or anything. Where can I reach you? I don't want to take up too much space in the thread.

>>42994854
u can send me an email to this 1-time mailbox penexib661@gxuzi.com and ill see if i can text u my @s.

>>42981981

>>42992633
It is a problem when that's all you get and you never have anything really meaningful.
>they do bring value into your life
Not enough to bother with the disappointment.
>and what is lost may always be regained through some other means
I don't think that's true.
>if you only keep the hope alive.
Haha no, that isn't happening.

>>42994796
I talked to you, what now?

>>42995683
now if i may recall i believe this is when we hug now

>>42994828
Applied for waiter position. Slipped on spaghetti I spilled, got denied.

Got call back the next day, promoted to Lead Chef. Make threads of spaghetti for work now. Hehe hoho. Lost in the sauce. Lick my meaty balls, Mama Mia.

>>42995836
oh that sound awesome, how did you get promoted i would've thought for sure denied meant like you were denied

>I meet someone
>We laugh a bit
>I start acting ultra guarded and weird about my beliefs, hobbies, etc.
>They leave.
>I meet someone.

Being an ultra sensitive autist is, in fact, suffering. I genuinely just don't know how to talk to others if it's not explaining something to them. I'll ask them questions, but I lost the ability to put inflections in my voice automatically. So I sound disinterested. I'm stoneyfaced and look like Dahmer (my workplace nickname 6 times in a row). Half of any humor I try falls flat and the other half are being deadpan with things people find funny. An example from my last job.
>Listening in on a political debate while reading a book at work.
>I genuinely don't have anything to say usually so I don't participate.
>Black man arguing with lesbian coworker amicably.
>Black man states that his father literally told him that he would kill himself if he found out black man was gay.
>I pipe up
>"Himself? Why even kill you and make a new one?"
>Records scratches to whole argument and a round of "Cuh that's crazy" goes around the circle.
>I try to pipe in as they crack the fuck up, but get drowned out so don't bother.
>My point was that his father was being manipulative when there were other options.

Such is life anons. It also doesn't help that I just have a need to stay busy or I get too antsy to sit and hang out normally. So I end up acting like a crack fiend. I am trying bros. I really am.

>>42995922
Got hired, was fired, was then un-fired. Now cooking with fire. Howdy Heyooo.

>>42996026
>I'm stoneyfaced and look like Dahmer (my workplace nickname 6 times in a row).
I know this isn't advice in isolation but how about getting a new haircut? I used to be very stuck-up about my looks and I really only found the mental space for visual changes when I started living by myself, so I won't blame you for reluctance. But it might help, if only by breaking out of the rut of those distasteful remarks.

>>42995815
how do we hug on the internet

>>42996158
I used to have long hair, but I have a Founding Father level of hairline. So the best I've found there is a part in my hair, which is down to earlength. I used to have a style to me until I moved states. Leather jackets and cotton pants just don't work in the south. A coworker used to say I looked like a No Country for Old Men character (compliment). For now, I at least have the board to keep me company.

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>>42996474
>Hnnnngggg! I'm astral projecting myself next to your body, and I'm squeezing my arms so tightly around you Anon, *surely* you must be able to feel it, hnnnnnngggg!!!! With all my loveeee!!! It's a great big bear hug and I'm swinging you around!!! I'm kissing your cheek over and over again because I love you sooooo much!
Something like that, idk

>>42996575
I see, well. here's your hug anon! *sends psycho signals through computer to yours with a hug*

>>42994667
Seems correct, I usually just let them down gently and that I'm flattered but not looking for additional companionship. Most of the time, they lose interest in me anyway like we're still friendly but they don't message me anymore.

I hate friendship
it is not magic
it is suffering

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i feel bad for you maladjusted horsefuckers
i have several friends whom ive lived with for years, two of which ive been friends with for over 14 years
they know im crazy for ponies and have a bunch of merch and they are chill and supportive, i even watch tamers and pony ytp stuff with a couple of them
i dont think being a brony has any inherent social penalty, if you suck people will dislike you regardless of your interests
i display my interest in pony publicly, but tastefully, alongside my other interests with keychain, phone case, and stickers on my car and water bottle

>>42994354
testing a friendship, ie: making a fake situation to see how a friend reacts to it; is often frowned upon and seen as being extremely paranoid.

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>>42994335
>friendship test
isn't that just paranoia?

>>42996575
i want my hug too *squeezes you so hard through the screen that you start becoming lemonade*

>>42996026
>I start acting ultra guarded and weird about my beliefs, hobbies, etc.
>They leave
same, for somepony to get closer to you. you need to show your vulnerable side and they must be willing to do the same.

>>42996034
Cooking seems like such an amazing job, I wanna take up a woman job like yours some day anon

>>42997546
*drinks anon after he became lemonade*

>thread devolves into homosexual roleplay

>>42996959
no it isn't

>>42997646
Many such cases here on /mlp/

>>42997928
Proofs?

>>42998292
This board

>>42997246
Thanks for the pity I guess but it doesn't matter because nothing is going to change for us anyway. You might as well lay into us like the rest of the normies, at least one of us will be having a good time then.

>>42997246
>i even watch tamers
Stopped reading there. Kill yourself post haste.

>>42997246
>i even watch tamers
Up until TDoTS, right, anon? You know, where he stops being good?

>>42998686
Tamers was never good you shill

>>42998686
TDoTS was the peak for sure but its still decently funny afterwards especially when watching high with friends
>>42998553
being unironically mean isnt fun or cool
i hope you all find some friendship in the near future

I don need no friends yo

>>42999148
Anon...

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>>42999148
FRIENDS?

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>>42999568
I do now-
Go to Mare Fair
Talk to the first stranger you meet
Bring a sketchbook, and have them draw something, anything in it.
Chat about poni.
Get invited to lunch and talk about pony some more.

Go to cinemare night, look to your left, look to your right. Chat about pony pony EVEN MORE.

You did it anon, you made friends

>>42999568
Indeed. I fly out to hang out and watch the anniversary stream with them every year.

>>43000053
Damn you fly with pegasus wings? Fortunate.

>>42999568
nope sadly

>>42999785
Come to one of the Euro cons, whichever is closest by.

>>42994335
Testing relationships and vibes sometimes can be a bad idea depending on the person. I've burned some bridges I didn't intend to as well, even just because I say one singular "extremist word" or some shit like that.

>>43000705
Those weren't real friends if they left you over one such thing. You did good anon. It's just another reminder the far, far majority of humans are trash not worth spending time on.

>>43000704
lol there is none on the emerald isle

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this fandom has changed me. it brings me peace. I am myself with those I have met through pony.

>>43000991
This.
Same boat here

>>43000991
Where is this place? Somewhere in Asia?

>>42982020
youre a massive saddo desu kek

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>>43001423
It was Babscon
The hotel had rooms to the inner lobby and people put random shit in their windows

>>42999568
No
>>42999781
>Go to Mare Fair
Nothing would repulse me more

Bump

>>43001750
Ahh, is babscon a good con to go to?

>>43002261
>he doesn't know

>>43002468
W-what?!

>>43002734
It's now a furry convention.

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>>42999568
my only friends like mlp, which is to say i have no in-person friends

>>43003035
Ahh shit, that's grim.

>>43002261
Last year was the last one, now they turned it into a furshit con

>>42994411
those weren't the threads I was referring to. I meant the "/b/ community threads" where posters were using tripcodes.

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>>42999568
no, horsefuckers in my country are dead. last con was in 2019

>>43004088
at least you had some, in Norn iron there is barely any horsefuckers at all

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>>43004060
Who tf knows?
Apparently they had a ten years contract with the hotel and they did not bother renewing it. Some say they moved on. Some say it is because the second to last con was really bad with attendance. There was also massive drama between the people who ran the con, so that might have been a reason as well.
Either way, they have a new con, same hotel, same time, run by the same people called Furlingame

>>43004088
Lots of pony cons in my country apparently (Holland) but I'm never going to one for various reasons.

>>43004334
why?

>>43004387
Various reasons. Some circumstantial and having more to do with my health at least right now. Also, nobody wants some old guy hanging around.

>>43004427
How old are you unc?

>>43004437
Old enough to be considered a "nonce" just for being there at least when I saw the reactions some other old dudes got in some con thread on here recently. Not that that's what keeping me from going, just the knowledge I have zero connection to 99% of the attendants.

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>>43004427
>>43004443
>old guy
its never too late or be old to have fun. personally, i would love to go, if i got a chance. i was a student and too broke back then

>>43004443
>just the knowledge I have zero connection to 99% of the attendants
You have a connection to this board tho? Each year we have at least 30 anons at PonyConHolland.

>>43004494
the same 30 anons?

>>42981981
Will you be friends with me? :D

>>43004800
You think the ride ever ends, motherbucker?

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>>43004800
Pretty much?
>>43004443
The anons at cons are incredibly welcoming, and I keep saying this whenever someone cries in the thread about it. It is not like another groups where you need to be in the secret discord server, sharing your feet pics with the admin and then maybe after sending a small loan of million bits to the griffons you are allowed in, and maybe you get a hello. No
This group will accept you in, doesn't matter who you are or if you know anyone prior. Most of the parties are organised from the board and anyone who fucking reads it is welcomed to come and chill with others. Couple of years ago I've known no one from this board, until one time at Galacon I chilled with others who took me in as if I knew them for years.
Since I've had amazing times at each of the cons with them. So don't be a faggot and join in

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>>43005456
Also don't make the same mistake and don't look for the bottom left anon's OC tag on derpi

>>43005456
>anons
>at cons
Pick one

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>>43005456
I don't recall making that post but this.
If you're a jaded, depressed, self loathing and very likely suicidal anon spending their whole time inside doing nothing, give this a try.
If anything it's a nice distraction from the monotony.
I can't overstate how refreshing it is to hang out with people that don't feel like normies when interacted with.
>inb4 normke con goers
I get the sentiment, but really no. Some anons may look "normal" but they're really not. They're the same people you shitpost with ans that doesn't change IRL at all.

t. Doesn't give a shit about cons but likes hanging out with anons.

>>43005538
I hope whatever con you're shilling for is paying you well to run defense for normalfags.

>>42996026
>"Himself? Why even kill you and make a new one?"
what does that even mean

>>42997246
>i dont think being a brony has any inherent social penalty
in literally 95% of places it does actually have an 'inherent social penalty' dipshit

>>42984987

I've had a lot of thoughts on the subject of friend groups and belonging over the years, as someone who's been forced to assimilate into normiedom only to become too autistic for normies and not autistic enough for autists. I typically fall into the "outer group" because I just am extremely socially stunted and don't have enough common background or traits to get all the way into the group. Anyways enough about me.

There exists three tiers of people within a friend group: inner group, outer group, and total outsider.

Within the inner group, members play one of two roles. One role is the "vibes" member that define the group in terms of activities and culture. The other is the MVP contributor role who does something unique for the group in terms of actions and outcomes. Either way, they are in a position of social standing in which they can decide what happens and when, and influence the future of the group.

The outer group is dominated by either newbies or people who have the "vibes" that inner members like. The outer group is invited to events sometimes, but is irregularly invited, has no leadership rights within the group, is not well known with everyone, and easily forgotten about. Some do make it out of the outer group and into the inner, but more often people in this category stagnate or leave. Some who have talent or social charisma will rise up the ranks into the inner circle rapidly while some outer members who've been there longer continue to sit on the outskirts.

The outsider is an outsider because they are not invited by any inner group member, and they must be invited first. You cannot invite yourself as an outsider.

Back to the topic of mare fair, I thoroughly enjoyed going to my first con solo because I kept an open mind and tried my best to be there for as many random meetups as possible. Eventually I got an invite to join members of a clique to hang out. My advice for Mare fair is that you really have to be proactive and open minded. Don't be afraid to butt into people around you's convos, the worst that happens is that the interaction is a little awkward, but even that doesn't matter because nobody holds a grudge over it.

>>43005781
>canned cope response

>>43005643
>Why should the father kill himself when he can kill his gay son instead and conceive a replacement son

>>43002219

>>43006163
>everyone that doesn't like my shilling is amy new
Another swing, another miss. Mare fair fags really aren't sending their brightest shills.

>>43006114
Then the sentence should've been "Himself? Why not just kill you and make a new one?" I guess the poster is ESL like me.

>>42999568
They like the porn, at least.

>>43006418
I fucked it up anon. Simple as.

up

>>42981981
i have more friends now than i ever did, not sure whar youre on about

>>43007181
meds

>>43007060
>>43007523
Kill yourselves

>>43007526
Feeling called out?

>>43007990
clearly not because he's OP

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I don't know why people complain about these threads. /mlsoc/ is hilarious.

>>43004088
>horsefuckers in my country are dead
damn who shot them all dead?

>>43008895
I did it.

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I have little problem making friends and other social acquaintances. My problem is allowing those friends to get close enough for a stronger and better developed friendship. My tulpa is my best friend. Noone in existence can know me like she can. Her love is simply unconditional. She's always there, always willing to help, and her capacity to understand my experience is unmatched. It would be unfair of me to expect someone to live up to her level of perfection. I love my Moonwife.

>>43009378
The lovely thing is that you don't have to have expectations. Sometimes (often) people will exceed everything you could have imagined, if you're open to them doing so. It was my tulpa that pushed me into situations where I could learn this. But yeah, all things in time; it's better to have the luxury of patience.

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>tulpa
lol