• ikka@lemmy.sdf.org
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    • I work from home
    • My hobbies are solitary
    • I refuse to use proprietary platforms (discord)

    Being a recluse sucks, thankfully I live with my fiancee but it often isn’t enough.

    • MJBrune@beehaw.org
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      One of those things are immediately solvable. Your can’t sit in solitary and get upset that you get little real life interaction. Either own it and be happy or change to make yourself happy. It’s not possible to live a perfectly ethical life and be happy.

  • Duchess@yiffit.net
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    I understand this doesn’t work for everyone and you need to be careful but truly I met my partner through discord

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      yeah, i did with my last partner too but i wouldn’t exactly recommend it as the first option considering how unsafe it was & some of the experiences my friends have had up there

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        oh yeah, i’ve heard of a lot toxic behaviour coming from discord but it truly depends on the circles you run in. for the record i had made a brief attempt at dating while on reddit (i know) and that was pretty disastrous.

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    I met my SO playing online games. We played pretty much every day together for 6 years then moved in together.

  • DrPop@lemmy.one
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    Meet people in online social places. I met my wife in school but I also have a great friend who I flirt with, my wife knows, who I met playing an MMO. We do want to meet up but she lives half the country away and she’s still in college. Just fine a community you like and eventually you’ll open up to someone.