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I've met a lot of interesting people just sitting at the bar by myself, it's a really low stakes way to meet new people.
by jonasdegendt 3y ago
I've met a lot of interesting people just sitting at the bar by myself, it's a really low stakes way to meet new people.
- jjgreen 3y agoMe too, but a lot of mad-as-a-badger nut-jobs too; not knowing which you'll get is half of the fun ...
- pmoriarty 3y agoIt's a roll of the dice. I'd rather pre-screen the people online first before I meet them, or meet people at special interest clubs or events. I'm way more likely to meet someone I have something in common with that way than meeting random people at a bar. Not to mention that at a bar I'm much more likely to meet the kind of people that hang out in bars, which from my experience haven't been the kind of people I like.
- nrb 3y agoMeeting people that you have very little in common with over a drink is one of the pros of these sort of low-stakes interactions. Sometimes it’s just brief pleasantries exchanged, sometimes an opportunity to learn something new, other times a new friend made for the evening or beyond.
- twic 3y agoYou select people by picking the right bar. You probably won't get terribly interesting conversation in the Slug & Lettuce on the high street (although you might). I have had interesting conversations in little bars in the arty (or at least, pretentious twentysomething) part of town, or well-concealed specifically cocktailish bars in Paris.
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