/kind/ - Random Acts of Kindness

I usually chat on Steam more than anywhere else. Not sure where to direct you otherwise.

>>24117

I have steam but I have no friends on it I mostly play single player games

>>24119

There's a /kind/ group, so you can post there and see if anyone responds.

>>24120

how do I do that? I never really used steam for anything other than games

>>24121

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8kind

There's also a group chat.

You'd be surprised how often it works just to state a mundane observation to a complete stranger in a store or passing on the street. Especially with old people.

Practice with old people.

It's less important what you say, than that you're saying. That your gums are flapping and their gums are flapping back and it feels good because now you're dancing.

>>24127

I don't really go out that often sometimes I'm in NYC but everyone hates everyone so you can't just start talking to people

>>24236

Idk what the difference is but I feel like if I tried to flag any random person on the street in nyc down for a conversation they'd probably try to murder me out of misplaced aggression from how much of a hurry they're in

>>24247

Maybe not flagging them down, but if they're, I dunno, in a grocery store and don't look too busy. Or you two are at a bar or in the mall or at a museum and you just toss an off-hand comment about whatever it is you two are observing or experiencing.

Remember: Don't Think, Just Do.

>>24116

I'm the same, except I wouldn't consider my social anxiety stable, I don't have any friends, and I'm pretty sure I have undiagnosed selective mutism that extends to online and written communication. Except for certain anonymous imageboards, which I've gradually opened up to over the years.

It's like I'm being strangled and tied up if I'm around people IRL, no mouth sounds or body movements will come out, as much as I want to do it in my head.

>>24264

is there anything I should know about imageboards? I've never been on any apart from here starting 2 days ago

>>24274

The general consensus is "lurk more". Or you can be the next Momanon ♥

>>24292

where should I luck and who is momanon?

>>24305

>where should I lurk

Lurk on whatever board you wish to assimilate and begin posting on. Soak up the board culture, gather as much information on past events or memes related to the board, what things are appropriate or not to post, what kind of requirements there might be to fit in for example: you won't be accepted on /a/ if you've only seen a handful of dubbed shows from the 90s or don't watch currently airing anime, you won't be accepted on /r9k/ if you're confident in real life or have had multiple girlfriends/sexual encounters, you won't be accepted on /tech/ if you're a windows/mac user or an advocate for proprietary software, etc, that kind of thing.

>who is momanon

Momanon was allegedly some anon's mom who came on to /v/ to ask about vidya. She was a complete newfriend which is usually a bad thing, but she was endearing enough that everyone played along and enjoyed her presence. Chances are you won't receive such a warm welcome, so you'll need to lurk like the rest of us did.

>>24274

Lurking will teach you whatever you might want to know, honestly. Though /kind/ is fairly welcoming, we're still imageboard users and frown up on some things (names, to name one)