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or u can just Rent A Friend : http://www.afar.com/magazine/the-incredibly-true-story-of-renting-a-friend-in-tokyo http://www.afar.com/magazine/the-incredibly-tr

or u can just Rent A Friend : http://www.afar.com/magazine/the-incredibly-true-story-of-renting-a-friend-in-tokyo http://www.afar.com/magazine/the-incredibly-true-story-of-re... -- proven to work in japan. perhaps it could be repurposed for the US market. (although i dont think it would play out very well )

abledon 11y ago
I always thought it was fun when I was in a random group of people at a party and a couple of individuals were stoned... kinda rambling their ideas but really going far out there with the whats and ifs. It would be fun to have a service that paired you with an individual or group who wanted a 'guide' for their herb trips as they walked around the city / city parks / recreational outdoor areas. ------------------- Like, people could pick 'flavour' of guides. E.g.: [ x ] This Person A likes to talk and share his knowledge about bikes. [ x ] This PersonB likes to talk about Kant/Heigel and some other western philosophy. [ x ] This PersonC can do card tricks and has hilarious stories about his time overseas staying at 'X'. (ok now this is getting farfetched here, but hey people like doing stuff!) He also can wear a cape if you send a special request and bring a small jade plant. -------------------- MIght not need to even be monetized or anything, I think it would just be fun to connect with other random groups of people and put on a 'facade' of the 'guide', which in turn might create real friendships. (When we meet new people we usually are putting on a neutral facade of some sort and really only show our deeper layers once the intimate connections have had time to be laid down). Also , I think this meetup format is less akward because there is a preset goal in mind: E.g: THis person is going to be talking/showing/interacting around this theme/subject/activity. So this is similar to when people take courses in college (with preset goal of learning about course subject) and can form friendships more easily with people beside them/in discussion group (as the relationship has the prebuilt support already there to help it build around). This is kinda fun to rant on so maybe i will continue later but yes.... Rent A Friend style idea seems to have potential it could be sooo much more. could work on ideas of: Homogeneity of English Language. Would be fun to rent-a-friend but with goal of learning their native language. (E.G. hmm i am bored on a sunday afternoon, I know , I will practice my language with a rent-a-friend japanese speaker because I love the phonetics. (maybe the pairing will also speak japanese as 2nd language but that makes for another commonality base to talk around)

abledon 11y ago

I always thought it was fun when I was in a random group of people at a party and a couple of individuals were stoned... kinda rambling their ideas but really going far out there with the whats and ifs. It would be fun to have a service that paired you with an individual or group who wanted a 'guide' for their herb trips as they walked around the city / city parks / recreational outdoor areas. ------------------- Like, people could pick 'flavour' of guides. E.g.: [ x ] This Person A likes to talk and share his knowledge about bikes. [ x ] This PersonB likes to talk about Kant/Heigel and some other western philosophy. [ x ] This PersonC can do card tricks and has hilarious stories about his time overseas staying at 'X'. (ok now this is getting farfetched here, but hey people like doing stuff!) He also can wear a cape if you send a special request and bring a small jade plant. -------------------- MIght not need to even be monetized or anything, I think it would just be fun to connect with other random groups of people and put on a 'facade' of the 'guide', which in turn might create real friendships. (When we meet new people we usually are putting on a neutral facade of some sort and really only show our deeper layers once the intimate connections have had time to be laid down). Also , I think this meetup format is less akward because there is a preset goal in mind: E.g: THis person is going to be talking/showing/interacting around this theme/subject/activity. So this is similar to when people take courses in college (with preset goal of learning about course subject) and can form friendships more easily with people beside them/in discussion group (as the relationship has the prebuilt support already there to help it build around). This is kinda fun to rant on so maybe i will continue later but yes.... Rent A Friend style idea seems to have potential it could be sooo much more. could work on ideas of: Homogeneity of English Language. Would be fun to rent-a-friend but with goal of learning their native language. (E.G. hmm i am bored on a sunday afternoon, I know , I will practice my language with a rent-a-friend japanese speaker because I love the phonetics. (maybe the pairing will also speak japanese as 2nd language but that makes for another commonality base to talk around)