It's Nice to Have Friends...

Upload date: 07/12/2026

Hey! I'm doing alright, I think.

I went back from my "break" from Discord because I'm starting to think that it wasn't a good idea to begin with. I don't wanna like dump all of my personal issues in this blog post; I mean, I already do that shit in private, so I really don't want to make this a constant habit everywhere I go, so I'll be brief.

I fucking hate feeling lonely. I hate feeling like I'm in the loneliest generation, where there's this supposed "friendship recession" that's happening among our youth, which means that getting new friends is next to impossible. Pro tip: don't get your information on current events from heavily sensationalized misery slop videos disguised as "social commentary". This fear and aversion to loneliness has driven me to do the stupidest and most regrettable fucking shit imaginable.
I need to keep reminding myself that despite the way that the world is right now, I can still make new friends and make new meaningful connections with people, and sometimes, I don't even need that many friends. I can just be happy with the friends I have right now. I guess the saying is true, a few good friends is better than a thousand acquaintances, or something like that.

Besides, despite that, I was able to make new friends thanks to Neocities! If you're one of those friends, and you just so happen to be reading this, hey there! I hope you're doing well! I don't know why, but I kinda find it funny how it all lead from me being a little curious about how the "Special Sauce" on Neocities works. Trying to figure out how it works lead me to actually interacting with sites that I liked and following them. Some of them I fucked with so much that I even friended them on Discord, that's neat!

Another way that I've been trying to make friends on this neat little corner of the web is forums! Yeah, I know, me using forums in the big '26 is fucking wild, but, I don't really care, tbh. I know that there's probably a couple of other 'indie-web' discord servers, like, I know that 32-bit Cafe has one along with a forum, but I haven't been there yet. I specifically wanted to join Melonland, 'cuz it seems pretty chill. It hasn't been that long since I first joined the forums, but it's a pretty nice place! Hopefully I'll make new friends there!

I think actually going out of my way to find new people to befriend instead of just hoping that might magically descend upon my general vicinity in some stroke of luck is just something that I wasn't ever really good at, tbh. It's honestly a miracle that I have friends in the first place, even outside of the internet, I still have friends. But as another saying goes, "Nothing changes if nothing changes." I can't just sit around with a thumb up my ass moping about how lonely I am if I'm not either trying to be the best person I am to the people who already call me their friend, or not putting in the extra effort to make new connections with people.

I guess the main takeaway is that despite it being hard to make new friends nowadays, you can still make some new friends, and whatever fearmongering bullshit you see on YouTube is fake and dumb. If you don't believe me, how bout try be friends with me? Let's be friends! Or not, it's your decision.

Anyways, I'm out. Seeya!