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Who are your friends?

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  1. 1. Do you think you would fit in well with us?

  2. 2. Out of the friends I mentioned, who do you have the most in common with?



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 Camaraderie is an important part of life.  I'm sure most of us have a group of friends who we see on a somewhat regular basis.  What do you guys like to do?  What are your friends like?  How'd you guys meet?

 

"B" - I met "B" fifteen years ago in our English class.  We were both the odd ones in class.  In the first week we were told to pair up with someone for a group project.  Being a room of twelve year olds, everyone was very cliquey.  "B" and I didn't have a clique.  We were the weird kids that nobody wanted to pair up with.  He was concerningly skinny, red hair, glasses, and a WWF hoodie.  I was a shaggy haired, concerningly fat kid in glasses wearing a football jersey for a team I knew nothing about (I just thought jerseys would make me look cooler and earn me more friends).  But when everyone else was paired up except us, we just looked at each other and I reluctantly said, "So uh...you wanna...?" And he goes, "Eh...yeah I guess we have to." We didn't even want to paired with each other.  But throughout the project we learned that we went together like steak and beer.  We had to define the word "ecstacy" and draw an accompanying picture.  We drew a couple of stick figures high out of their minds and our definition was "The popping of pills for thrills." We both received a lunch detention and have been best friends ever since.  He is a firefighter now and I am training to become a police officer.  We share a passion for emergency response work and musicianship.  I convinced him to buy a bass when we were in highschool and we have a similar taste in music.

 

"A" - A fellow metalhead guitarist.  He is the front man of a pretty popular Chicago area thrashmetal band and fellow hookah enthusiast.  We met through a mutual friend and hit it off slowly at first, but the momentum built up into one of greatest friendships I have.  He is a horror movie, dragon Ball z, and Pokemon junkie.  While the latter two do nothing for me...we connect on the horror movies, hookah, and metal.  We also share a very similar sense of humor and many political views.

 

"D" - This was the first guy I met after I moved into my current home (an hour away from where I grew up with "B").  I went to a secondhand music/game/movie memorabilia shop with "B", and "D" was in there with his friends (my future group of friends).  I was wearing a Pantera shirt and when we walked past them, "D" points and says, "I bet this guy knows about Pantallica." It was a reference to when Jason Newsted played bass during one of Pantera's sets and we all started talking music.  "D" is a car enthusiast and a great mechanic.  Whenever any of us have car trouble but don't want to fork up a ton of money, we take it to "D", and he figures out what the problem is and fixes it.  He doesn't even charge us, either.  He just has us buy the parts and we hang out, listen to music and crack open a few cold ones while he works on the car.  Working on cars is his favorite hobby.  Besides, he looks like Dimebag Darrell, so that's a plus.

 

"M" - We met through his ex girlfriend.  After they broke up, he and I remained friends as she vanished from both of our lives.  He is a personal trainer (my trainer, a that),  moved here from Poland at 16, and a fellow Doom enthusiast.  I keep telling him to make an account here but he hasn't yet.  We share horror movie interests and lift weights together twice a week.  He is the guy who taught me about the diet I'm on.  He is a beer enthusiast and likes to brew his own beer and meed that is unfathomably delicious.  Whenever I go there, he always seems to have a new kind of beer for me to try from some brewery I've never heard of.  The most recent kind he showed me was called Zombie Dust, and it is now my new favorite beer.  He also enjoys going to various conventions, especially anime ones.  He and I passionately disagree about anime.  He is also a huge Alien and Rick and Morty fan, so we have that in common.

 

"K" -  "K" is a fellow shotgun enthusiast and passionate supporter of our second amendment rights.  We have a similar taste in music and movies.  We enjoy shooting clay birds at a local outdoor shotgun range or training with our sidearms at a local indoor range.  We took our gun safety and concealed carry classes together.  He is an incredibly scientifically minded individual.  He is a biology major and he absolutely loves it.  He is someone I can have a serious conversation about politics, ethics, or religion with or some guy I can make some of the most immature jokes with.  He makes puns all the fucking time.  He is probably the most intellectual person on this list.

 

"L" - Last but not least, my amazing girlfriend.  We are quickly approaching our third anniversary and I couldn't be happier with her.  We are very different people but that balances us both out in great ways.  I am a right leaning centrist and she is very liberal.  I am into metal, she is into country.  Her house is bilingual but mostly Spanish speaking, my house  is not.  I love horror films, she prefers chick flicks.  She looks for the best in people to ignore the worst, I look for the worst in people to see if I can tolerate it before I attempt forming a friendship.  I am blunt, she prefers to mitigate.  Despite all of these differences, we are the first and last voices we hear almost every day.  We met online and discovered we live only an hour apart, so we see each other plenty...but that couldn't stop a great bond from forming.  I love her and her family, and they have accepted me as family...but I do stick out like a sore white thumb at their family parties, haha.  I love learning Spanish whenever I am at their house and probably speak about as well as a native Spanish speaking two year old now.  Haha, it will take time.  Her mother is always eager to have me try new Mexican food that I have never heard of before (Tinga is my favorite!).  I hope to have Spanish down enough to deliver my wedding vows in Spanish as well as English so her family can hear them, too.  But that's going to be a surprise.  She is so smart and motivated.  She got her master's degree when she was 24 and is still pursuing further education.  I am a lucky man, that is for sure!

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So what about you?  Tell us about your inner circle.

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IRL just a few people from school, we talk about what we're up to and that's it, nothing unique about any of us.

 

Internet its just two main groups. 

One that likes to talk about general stuff like games, movies, cartoons, and stuff like that, but we still are very close and personal.

Other is a lot bigger and kind of the same in terms of what we discuss, but I'd say we're closer due to being legitimately friends for almost 10 years now, and all covered with a thick layer of

 

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I'v work friends, that I only see at work. Most of them are ex cons, and friends on here. other than that I'm mostly solitary.

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40 minutes ago, Red said:

...and all covered with a thick layer of Союз нерушимый республик свободных

Heh, I know the words to that better than I know my own national anthem. And I don't speak Russian :-P

 

Anyway, I'm mostly solitary and prefer it that way. My inner circle consists of my wife, who is a total nerd like I am; "E", who I met doing aikido, occasionally write music with, and do political stuff with; "C", who introduced me to KMFDM, 2600 magazine, and who has helped me through difficult times; and a few people on here that I've opened up to and have come to feel close to.

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All the friends I had still live in MN or moved elsewhere. I myself left MN for Oregon to be with my S O. The only one I still keep in contact with is someone I consider to be a brother, seeing as I've known him since birth.

 

I haven't really sought rl friendships since I left.

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@YukiRaven, another option has been added to question 2 which may alter the accuracy of your answer.

 

Not that I think you'd care, but I figured I would let you know anyway.

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I'm friends with pretty much everyone in my program I'm taking so I'l do a brief summary.

"Z": Real nice guy but he's the biggest man child I know, but He's pretty fun to hang out with. He occasionally borrows money from people but it  usually takes months for it to come back to its original "lender"  

 

"N": A real fool in my books. Spends most of class time on r/watchpeopledie or on Twitch watching League of Legends Streams. He's also gets very deffensive if you disagree with his far right political views which he trys to fit into many conversations. 

 

"JE": Very intelligent but likes to keep to himself occasionally. He's fun to hang out with though because he laughs at everything I say and we have similar interests.

 

"F": He's very passionate about Electronics and Nature.

 

"JS": One of the nicest guys I know, real friendly and fun to hang out with. 

 

"JC": More of a guy I cant get rid of. He is easily one of the most annoying guys I know as he likes to insult everyone and make fun of them. He also complains about how life is so hard and he desperately trys to be cool but results in being very cringy. He also constantly raps the lyrics to "Hit em Up" by Tupac every where he is and has no problem saying the N word in public. 

 

"W": One of my really good friends. I've known him since Jr High and we still talk to each other. He's one of the best golfers I know.

 

 

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J: Nice dude,he is pretty tall (around 192 cm) so i always annoy him with:"why don't you play basketball you are tall :V" (he plays football,thats why)

 

E:He is a perv but i don't mind it (he is a bit brown and fat because of that my brother calls him "black tit")

 

S and H:they are brothers and share a lot of interests with me like nerdy shit,training and hand to hand combat

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3 hours ago, CzechMate29200 said:

Don't really have any

 

2 hours ago, CzechMate29200 said:

I get along with *almost* everybody

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Goddamn mobile phones can't even remove a spoiler from a post without completely trashing it, stupid inferior technology

 

Something doesn't add up here...

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Just now, bzzrak said:

 

 

Something doesn't add up here...

Well let me explain, buzzlightyear...i don't really explore the city too much, therefore I don't meet too many people, unfortunately

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Finally my time has come, I love my friends so much.

 

During my high school years, a small "brigade" was formed out of a select group of individuals, which I was part of aswell. Note: out of a strange reasons, I sometimes called my friends by their name and added -kun or -chan afterwards. I myself am a energetic fucker who is into thrash metal, anime, violent video games and I am anything but a simple guy, and I am really tough to handle according to some most all people.

 

AT: Guy who was kinda hated by everyone in class, but he didn't care since he had his own gang outside of class who all liked him. I took liking to him due to art. He is a photography nut with a more prosperous future oriented towards art than I got with my drawing skills. Appears to be kind of a dick, but for some reason I like that guy because he has more or less a general idea about all-the-things, and talking/debating/joking with him was easy. Plus it feels mighty good when correcting him. He is into rock and really old musical stuff, and when he isn't travelling into the past, he likes to listen to more simple stuff. Isn't really a gamer nor does he watches shows, and when he does, he rarely talks about it.

 

AD-chan-senpai: Girl who was my "lab partner" in computer-related classes (had more of them), kinda quiet. Excellent student, hated school with all her might, and was somehow brutal. I guess this brutality is why I like her. Blunt, honest, but not rude (people often confuse the two), and also very productive, if not quiet. In classes, I would conjure the solution to every task, while she formulted the results to be more "readable" (read as: write that shit down in the notebook for later review), and passed around the code/sketch of the task to these other girls who were closer to us to copy. Has a simple taste in stuff, nothing too complicated. Listens to the same stuff as AT, and this is what they mostly talk about. That, or something in general. Also, this friend comes with a special power called "Minding her own buisness" as in, she didn't rat me out whenever I played Brutal Doom on school computers. Plus she saved my ass multiple times before-during-after exams, which is why I treat her with great respect and I would fight for her honor. She literally helped me graduate. I imagine her to be a very succesful person, unless she falls into depression or something (I hope she doesn't), because she is really worthy.

 

SSG (yes, you read that correctly): Dude who is relatable on multiple aspects. We are both history freaks, we both are "isolated from civilisation" (living way too far from cities and towns), we are both met with the concept of physical work on the countryside, and we really like weapons, warfare and strategies/tactics/logistics. He is kinda simple of a guy. Much like AT and AD-chan, looks like your average dude. In fact, underneath his appearance, hides a totally awesome persona. I am talking about a dude who built himself a longbow, a authentic British longbow, although not British, still works like one. Besides that, he is addicted to Total War and all stuff related to medieval warfare, while I am more for modern warfare, although we can both draw lessons from our preferred time periods. Either way, I like hanging out with him because he is so relatable to me, plus, he had some social problems, like bullying and general social dickery, which I really loved helping him with and talking about it. I guess we are really connected somehow.

 

IG-kun: Guy who is too fabolous to be. I haven't met a more good-looking guy than him. Newest fashionable clothes, hair to die for, skin, tan, all nailed perfectly. Not to mention his personality. Straight up bishounen. No wonder he had two girlfriends (as in two at the same time) by the time school ended. Either way, he was a really good friend underneath his beautiful skin. He did not have good grades though, but he got through. He is a good guy because he listened to my problems, he understood my lunacy and we kinda both "freaked around" time to time. He was really tolerable of my black comedy attempts, he understood everything I said, and didn't freak out whenever I called him "IG-kuuuuun" time to time. Besides that, he is a gamer, and often plays CoD2 if not other shooters time to time. He also obtained me games when I couldn't (by borrowing them) and helped me with some PC and phone issues.

 

BZDoom (yeeesss): Guy who cannot give more of a fuck. Nice beard, bad attitude, and chronic lateness to school. His hate for school can only be comparable by AD-chan's. Besides, he plays World of Tanks with SSG and IG and GK, and when in not in a mood for "tankiness", he talks about general stuff. He is a metalhead who cannot understand that Sabaton is power metal, but besides that the only connection we share is just... metal. That, and I love fucking around with him by being myself (he cannot tolerate my rather "liberal" views that much) when discussing. In general, guy who most of the time was at the wrong place and would more likely want to be somewhere else (his favorite pub to be honest)

 

GK: A fellow village-man, we are relatable by our ancestry, and the fact that he understands people. Plus, he was the earliest bird who got the driver's license, and often rode me, SSG, IG and BZDoom around, and when he wasn't, he was talking about WoT, about general affair of things, or was hanging out with this other guy who was buff as fuck. Really good at school, knows his shit, and kinda doesn't fuck shit up. I would say he is a combo of AD's working qualities and BZDoom's tendencies. Either way, for a while, he was the only one who could bring around the boys.

 

So I think by so far you can get a general sense of a person I was. If you still did not get it, I was the most "craziest" out of the group, with my tendency to throw anime references around, drawing chibis, jumping and hopping around, making weird noises, drawing attention, going extreme with my tastes, playing Brutal Doom, playing Warbringer when possible, reading books during lessons, going to "strange places", and in general I behaved quite liberal in a conservative setting. I guess in a western world I would be Tuesday. But in Slavlands, people like me don't survive long without some sort of determination, luck, and charisma. I knew a guy like me. He became a "deliquent" not long after.

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I am married so I guess my wife is my posse. I also have coworkers, though we don't really hang out...

 

Huh.

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I myself am nothing more than a lazy, but optimistic fuck who likes movies, Source games, and talking about them. My social circle doesn't consist of any special characters though:

 

DC: Smart, bit quirky. The one who keeps me updated on the world (of pop culture) and my #1 source of information on movies and shows. She is the one who recommends me most of the stuff I watch, and I can talk with her about it. I guess I knew her since forever. I consider her my "good clone".

IT: Musically-oriented one. Can play a piano. She likes classical music and symphonic rock/metal. She often nails stuff on her synthesizer, but is too humble to realize. Also likes watching game-shows and playing Minecraft.

CN: Edgequeen who over-dramatisizes stuff and acts like a overly-confident anime protagonist. Isn't a weeaboo though. She is athletic, and has apparently "fired a gun" before, and is my friendly "rival" when it comes to stuff (our never-ending debate about artificial intelligence comes to mind, we are both too stubborn to give up)

PP: The otaku, according to DC. Draws anime stuff (she taught me how to draw!), listens to japanese songs, watches all sorts of anime (specially complex titles or stuff that lasts FOREVER), but otherwise isn't that cringy to hang out with, although her anime/manga is getting to her everytime she casually says "Nani?" in a regular conversation.

LLA: Devout christian, while not too annoying like people think they behave, can be a bit of a drag in a conversation, since her replies can be seen from miles away, although she can suprise us all once in a while, and teach us all something valuable. I would call her a "combat nun" because while she herself is morally flawless, she doesn't hesitate to help any of us in midst of a crisis, usually caused by a sudden lack of homework or a intermediate assault caused by exams :P

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Most of my friends are left-wing types of varying levels of radicalness (some moreso than me, as I'm just a mere socialist) and I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't have time for right wing ideology. I grew up in a right-wing household. I held right-wing views for a long time. I hung with right-wing friends. I know enough about the right that I don't feel the need to "include a variety of viewpoints in my circle of friends" or some other such insidious liberal crap.

 

One of my very best friends is a very socially progressive self-described conservative, though. I don't claim to understand his political views but as long as he's on board with the "marginalized people deserve more respect than the Nazis who want to kill them" program it's all good by me.

 

The majority of my friends are gamers to some degree, but there are exceptions.

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Did we move from willingly submitting unnecessary personal information to snitching on friends?

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10 hours ago, dew said:

Did we move from willingly submitting unnecessary personal information to snitching on friends?

Yes.  Do you have any that you'd like to speak highly of?

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17 hours ago, dethtoll said:

Most of my friends are left-wing types of varying levels of radicalness (some moreso than me, as I'm just a mere socialist) and I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't have time for right wing ideology. I grew up in a right-wing household. I held right-wing views for a long time. I hung with right-wing friends. I know enough about the right that I don't feel the need to "include a variety of viewpoints in my circle of friends" or some other such insidious liberal crap.

 

One of my very best friends is a very socially progressive self-described conservative, though. I don't claim to understand his political views but as long as he's on board with the "marginalized people deserve more respect than the Nazis who want to kill them" program it's all good by me.

 

The majority of my friends are gamers to some degree, but there are exceptions.

How do you describe your friends on the basis of their political stance? Did you meet in a model united nations club?

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Some people let their political views prohibit them from forming civilized relationships or engaging in civilized conversations with people that aren't of their ilk.  There's no shame in that.  Some peoples' minds are simply wired that way and there is not much they can do about that.  I find it best (for me, anyway) to just ignore rudeness and continue being courteous to those who are unable or unwilling to do the same.

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4 hours ago, Tracer said:

Some people let their political views prohibit them from forming civilized relationships or engaging in civilized conversations with people that aren't of their ilk.  There's no shame in that.  Some peoples' minds are simply wired that way and there is not much they can do about that.  I find it best (for me, anyway) to just ignore rudeness and continue being courteous to those who are unable or unwilling to do the same.

theres plenty of shame in being an intolerant asshole, especially if theyre willing to gang up on and ostracise their friends over petty disagreements.

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