Hi, I’ve never used this site before and I’m in all honesty quite confused and a little overwhelmed.
I’m a graphic designer, in my early 20’s, but I’m autistic and I struggle with making friends (I’m also incredibly shy). Small talk and socializing by going to parties and all those other things people my age do just doesnt come naturally to me. I’ve tried, but I always feel like an outsider.
I’m moving to an art school that specializes in manga and webtoons in hopes of finding people like me.
Does anyone have any tips on how to make friends?

(If i did this correctly, a picture of my art from some months ago will be featured in the post?)

>>33213339 (OP)
i don’t know about the friends thing but if you’re going to continue using this site, don’t enter a name. leave that field blank. it’s very frowned upon and people are going to call you an attention whoring faggot

welcome to 4chinz good luck with making friends
also if you’re going to a literal art school filled with likeminded people i think you’ll find yourself just making friends naturally. unless you’re very unpleasant to be around. don’t try too hard, it’ll come to you

Weirdos on here please be my friend , i want to study you under a microscope (affectionately)

please dont be criminally weird.. D:

>>33213365
stop FUCKING NAMEFAGGING YOU RETARDED NEWFAG LURK MOAR

OP here. Sorry for using a name! I wasnt aware that was looked down upon. :( it wont happen again.

To those who are super angry and calling me slurs: thank you for giving me something to laugh about today. LOL

>>33213339 (OP)
You start a new school. You're new and alone and eager to meet people. SO IS EVERYONE ELSE. You will never in your life meet so many people open to be friends.

Say Hello to everyone - people next to you in class, people next to you on lines, people near you in snack bar, everyone. It is almost impossible to get it wrong, no matter how awkward you are. Just remember, they're as uncertain as you.

>>33213392
L

>>33213339 (OP)
Use meds so you have enough energy to mask all the time. Try not to start screaming and hitting yourself because you are overstimulated. Everything else should just come naturally over time.

>>33213339 (OP)
>*holds up spork*
<_< >_>
Umm hiii~
XD

>>33213339 (OP)
cute art, do you have a fur affinity?

>>33213339 (OP)
We use this board for time travel. Currently setting up a galactic government for the purpose of acting as a credible source of truth. The expected memo reads: "we of course recognize our monopolization of this basic faculty of consciousness is inherently evil and will not seem otherwise from any valid perspective"

>>33213339 (OP)
stay off of this site
if you're going to art school & all that other stuff, you're probably decently well-adjusted
just keep trying

>>33215155
Noted! I probably wont come on here again. I do appreciate the genuine advice people have given.

>>33215028
No, I do not. :(

>>33215004
Hello! :]

>>33215610
You should make an account, I'll be your furst follower. :)

>>33214098
Thanks for the advice. I’m fairly good at masking as I spend most of my time doing it and I’ve gotten quite talented at surpressing meltdowns & shutdowns until I’m alone. It’s not ideal, but its the best way for me to seem normal to others. Sadly this leads to severe burnout, so I often find myself incredibly exhausted.

>>33213752
Thank you, this was very good advice. i appreciate it. :)

i am gay

>>33213339 (OP)
Read the book "How To Win Friends and Influence People" - Dale Carnegie

>>33216653
Cool

>>33216796
I’ll check it out! Thanks :)

>>33215619
I made one. My username is MoonLamb :]

TehPenguinzOfD00M

>>33218496
? Is this a username for something?

>>33215614
he is making fun of you

>>33220396
Oh.
He did a pretty bad job then

>>33213339 (OP)
Oh, the drawing is very cute!
Be careful with the people here!!

>>33225938
Tysm! You’re very kind :]

>>33213339 (OP)
OP is a dude amassing simps. There are so many desperate weebs on this website it's unreal, just check other boards and see for yourself. These genetic dead ends would drag their own mother through miles of barbed wire just to get a whiff of some mid pussy.

>>33218496
Don't add this discord. This person manipulates nudes and leaks them. Blackmail and such. Stay away from TehPenguinzOfD00M

>>33218255
Known catfish who leaks dox and nudes of girls
TehPenguinzOfD00M is not someone you want to be involved with

>>33227475
??huh i dont care what you think I am or see me as. I came here out of curiosity and for advice, nothing more.

>>33227520
Yikes. How gross.

>>33227515
I see. Thank you for the warning. This penguin guy sounds like a total loser

>>33213339 (OP)
You sound like a total normie. Bet you aren't a virgin.

>>33227812
And how is any of this relevant?
I “Sound like a normie” is the most chronically online sentence ive ever laid my eyes on. Enlighten me then, how am I supposed to sound?

>>33227812
Why are you so hung up on wether or not im a virgin? It has zero relevance to my post

>>33228038
I don't trust the opinions of people who aren't virgins.
>>33228033
People who are normies are naturally judgemental and lack critical thinking. I'm just pointing out that your attention whoring post sounded as if it was written by a normie who's got at least a few notches on her belt.
Real advice, if you want to make friends, 4chan is definitely not the place to find out how. We're all sad celibate losers here who don't have a clue, if you'd done research you probably would have found that out. that's why your post came off as attention whoring.

>>33228053
It wasn’t my intention to come off like that. As previously stated, this is my first time using this site. Also, how does it make sense to assume ive had any form of romantic or sexual relationship when I’m looking for advice to make friends?
I dont think this has any relevance and its none of your business, but I am very much still a virgin. Hell, i’ve never even dated. English isn’t my first language, so I apologize if my wording is odd but I don’t think i’d consider myself a “normie”, or at the very least it’s never felt that way.

>>33228053
I know this site is considered controversial. I am aware that most people here are celibate losers (your words, not mine.) but i honestly just feel very curious about it. Intrigued? You guys fascinate me. So i figured i’d ask for advice about something genuine and get insight on what its like on here at the same time.

>>33228033
Speak with ambiguous nuances.

>>33223881
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/katy-t3h-pengu1n-of-d00m

>>33225938
easy on the exclamations

>>33223881
when someone says holds up spork it's making fun of people who type like you

>>33228259
> You guys fascinate me
Normie words.
Incels are practically zoo animals, though to be fair kek.

>>33228362
it’s not just the cheerfulness, but also the declaration of being new here

>>33228362
I think the spork person types differently than I do. *If* i use that kind of language, its mostly to copy whoever i’m talking to

>>33228375
Too normal for 4chan, too weird for the others

>>33228432
I was too cheerful? I only declared myself as new incase i messed up on the formatting and all those rules i dont know about, which I did mess up on haha

>>33228462
it's not a person, it's this overly cheerful and new way of typing, you fit more in tumblr, you are a grown adult yet type like a child
right now you seem normal, but here is an actual advice, this place is pretty much the complete opposite of your initial demeanor with your post, just fucking leave it like you said
there is nothing of worth here

i haven't seen a thread like this in ages. feels like 2008 /b/ again

>>33228475
nta but you do seem like a very cheerful, happy person. i just don't see you fitting in here
this is an edgy misanthropic place for losers
i'm not necessarily telling you to fuck off, i'm saying that you're always going to stand out amongst the rest of us. if you continued just making threads and being yourself you'd probably end up entertaining people

>>33213365
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>>33227803
every post here is gold

>>33228475
Some will shit on you for being cheerful, and this board is an especially jaded one (not as bad as the cesspit of /r9k/) but I don’t mind it at all. On a real hobby board like >>>/ic/ people will be a little nicer
Just don’t say you’re new. It’s obviously expected that some people are new to the site, but 4chan culture has always treated being an oldfag as laudable and a newfag as detestable

>>33215603
that's genuinely for the better

>>33215603
i think this site has genuinely improved my life over the last 15 years, but ymmv and it depends on what type of person you are
someone like you would be better suited to like reddit or tumblr probably

i think all of these options are better than facebook, twitter, or instagram though. that goes for absolutely everyone. i'll die on that hill too

:D

>>33228737
Growing up I spent most my time on Instagram (in fandom spaces), and I’ll likely continue using it. Tumblr isn’t really for me.

>>33228634
Entertaining people doesnt seem too bad. I don’t think i’ll put a whole lot of energy into spending time here though.

Thank you for your insights.