>>82899920
>I met some of the kindest and funniest people through these meet ups, they're often professionals in their field and some have extremely fascinating jobs.
I can't think off a worse situation for a friendless NEET than finally leaving the house for a social event, and everyone is already friends with the rich guy with a cool job, and since the friend group is already formed, you just stand to the side and wonder why you even bothered.

I can see one of the people there taking pity on me and trying to get to know me already:
>So anon, what do you do in your free time?
>Play video games and watch anime. You?
>O-oh, I have a Corvette I'm restoring. I bought it a few years ago. Oh, look! I'm going to go say hi to my friend over there. It's been so long since I last talked to them h-aha.