Generally, yes. I spent years of quite a bit of effort to only surround myself with people who treat me as an equal & share my general values. I have to turn my brain off during serving-the-capitalists hours though.

You always have a toaster and butter on the train?

• Set minumum wage to a living wage +auto adjust annually per inflation
• Medicare for all
• Replace social security with a retirement plan baked into the essential budget

That was the most jarring thing for me transitioning from a community/junior college to a private university. Pretty much every teacher I had in CC was there because they loved to teach, but didn’t want to teach children. In University it felt like everyone was teaching because they had bills to pay and had no concept of a world outside of school.

Anything by Pimplywimp, but especially Holy SH!t

The ability to gain popularity is an underrated skill imo. I feel like we could accomplish so much more as a society if there were good humans using their influence to unite people to build instead of destroy.

I feel like I have a somewhat better idea how to improve the world compared to those in power but I lack any kinda charisma afaik

Using a screenshot of Stardew while quoting a developer saying it takes money and staff to finish a project is diabolical

It really depends what you’re interests are. If you like art, start checking out artsy spaces and public events. If you like games try hanging out in game or card shops. It took me 3-4 months of showing up to art/music festivals before I started running into people I recognized and felt comfortable chatting up. My experience isn’t universal, but as a socially anxious person it required a lot of discomfort and patience.