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Meeting people is nice, but only if they are quality people. Otherwise, I'd rather not. There aren't many of these in the town I live in, but I know they are here, at least some of them. How to meet these people? "Quality" might sound snobby or something so let me qualify... people who are intelligent, people who are motivated, people who have a sense of humor, people who aren't dishonest with intent to take unfair a…
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Coming soon: Coffee with strangers.
Retro throwback: beer with strangers
Meeting people is nice, but only if they are quality people. Otherwise, I'd rather not. There aren't many of these in the town I live in, but I know they are here, at least some of them. How to meet these people? "Quality" might sound snobby or something so let me qualify... people who are intelligent, people who are motivated, people who have a sense of humor, people who aren't dishonest with intent to take unfair a…
You are an elitist. You are snobby. Own it.
Any European city with more than 100k people could work! But for that there are one million facebook groups (which usually tend to make grill and barbecues with strangers; usually foreigners in the city).
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Retro throwback: beer with strangers
You don't really need a site for that - just walk into a pub.
When I moved to SF ~10y ago, you could get tea or coffee with strangers by walking into a cafe, but it's become taboo to talk to strangers in public when sober.
A simple, and great idea. The post-social media world can be a lonely place and it's nice to see this effort to connect divergent people in a genuine way AFK, and outside of a capitalist or mystical/religious/occult context.
Although we avoid mystical, religious, or occult contexts, I do think it's important to understand the shared soil from which a lot of these things rise. It's helpful to have some common glue for a community to center around, especially when it involves some notion of what it means to be 'good' in the societies we live in. For lots of people, that comes in the form of some spirit or beyond-tangible belief.
With TWS, we assume that the people around us give us more than enough to believe in. (But if we were to get into it, I'd likely argue that's what most mystical or religious groups are about on some level. But let's not get into it :).
Love the TWS community and the founder :)
A few weeks ago around 100 people spontaneously met in Alamo Square park in SF. Someone brought hundreds of roses to give out to everyone else in the park. Super cool. TWS is a great crew of people, and Ankit's a great community leader. Both the normal small group events, and the rare big community ones have only been positive. You should go to one and if it seems like your... cup of tea... consider becoming a host
Oh, and if you want to see what he's talking about, here are some pictures https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.785821618171086.10...