More tech >> Less emotional regulation, less empathy >> Pissy/radicalized >> Harder to be around >> Less socialization
@Drarack 1 year ago Notes to myself for when I inevitably come back to this at some point:
No technology an hour before social interaction because pulling yourself away from technology is an emotional drain, and showing up to a social situation already drained will make you hate it
Making questions and follow-up questions less fact-oriented and more towards what gets them interested/excited, this avoids conversational dead-ends and creates opportunity to give your own perspective
Getting the ball rolling in conversation will allow you to sit back for the rest of it and still seem like part of the group
Be a social butterfly for six months, even if it's hard, because meeting more people makes it more likely you'll meet someone you actually enjoy hanging out with. -> Encourage people you know to bring along people they know This is a selective process, we're not trying to make everyone we hang out with over the course of those six months into life-long close friends of ours.