Start making some friends, dude. If you feel like it's too late, then fuck it - enjoy your circle back home. Consider it a lesson learned...we got to have people around to keep us going, at least to some extent.

In High-School, or even when working over the summer, making friends was a breeze. You hang out with someone in your classes or in sports. You hang out with someone every day from 9-5.

But here just- I don't know. I'm at a loss.

Feels bad man.

Don't quit college because you don't have friends, that's the wrong reason to quit college.

Sounds like you could maybe join a club? Where you at btw?

shoot up heroin, then your school.

>>I came to the realization today.....
>>I'm nearly failing half my classes because I just see no reason to continue.

your story doesn't make sense but I've got an idea for you. Forget about making friends and spend your free time studying. Maybe get some study buddies in the classes you are doing poorly in. The friends you make in college won't matter after you are out of college anyway. good luck dude.

>>8654771

this was me, but for all of college, and I didn't have the nice relationship with the roommate that you do

after you're out of college, it only gets worse

sorry if that's depressing but I guess I am turning into a monster with no sympathy for other people.

>>8654847

I'd never quit. I've done too much and have too many people believing in me to quit college. By 'nearly failing' I mean C's and D's with a couple of B's and maybe one A so far, in two years.

It's just tough to wake up in the morning when you know you have nothing to look forward to.

>>8654928

fuck.

that's not encouraging.

maybe hang out with your roomate more?

you 2 could invite people from your facebook or whatever and throw a party.

could try joining clubs or having studygroups and talking with people in your class.

get a job and talk to people there.

You got a shitty attitude. I nearly failed outta college after wallowing in self pity and I woke up and was like WTF am I doing? Seriously. Go for a walk. Get out of your apt. Your life isn't so bad.

Seriously, if you think you have nothing to look forward to you... wont have anything to look forward to.

Being cooped up indoors is definitely contributing to your depression.

>>8655049

you could figure out how to make friends and be more social

I haven't, but that's just me

also, my best advice would be that, at the very least, think about your future and what you want to do for a living and pursue that while in college. Don't listen to the degree bullshit others mention, what's important is that you have a goal in mind. Networking helps a lot which really screws guys like us, but at the least, you need to think about life past college and not just waste your opportunities

That is my problem, I have no friends and my job sucks and I wasted college, so basically it's like I have absolutely nothing to put me in a good mood. I go to work and then I go home alone and enjoy nothing and wait for more work. Even if you have no friends, try to find some way to get a tolerable and/or fulfilling job, so you have something going for you

>post asking how to make friends

>everyone tells him to go make friends

Excellent advice, chaps.

>>8655114
this.

Also, making friends sucks after high school. You've got to get out there and do stuff to make them. Either join some kind of club (I know, sounds gay), or hang out at coffee shops and try for some interactions with the locals.
My personal advice would be to get a dog and hang out at a dog park. It's pretty easy to interact with dog people.

>>8655088

oh and to add to this most of my friends dropped out of college my sophmore year. i got lucky and moved into a new apt with some random people who ended up being cool. i also started volunteering and spending more time at a school club. now its senior year and i'd say i have some good friends or at least alot of acquaintances.

>>8655163
>making friends sucks after high school

Okay, I'm fucked. Brb killing myself

>>8655163
Try having BBQs and invite whoever. Neighbors, "acquaintances", etc.

I don't have any friends at all either. People I talk to, but I spend every smoke break alone, every lunch alone. I am the person in class who never has a partner for projects. The teachers know me better than anyone else does. Thank goodness I moved off campus or I would be miserable.

OP, favorite music?

>>8654771
>asking anyone on 4chan how to make friends.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>8655223

I like all music.

Queen is one of my favorite bands atm.

Anything that can change your mood and has variation is good.

Not a huge fan of a lot of hip hop songs that sound like they were made in some sort of a factory out of interchangeable parts.

>>8655252
>Queen

facepalm

>>8655272
Lost interest in you OP, wouldn't want to be your friend irl.

>>8655272
>>8655306

What's wrong with Queen?
inb4 faggot

>>8655272

Are you kidding?

Queen is good as shit.

Don't get the impression that I only listen to old stuff. Anything interesting is great. Kid Cudi has some pretty decent tracks, for example.

Try going to classes after taking a shot or two of something or after getting high.

Hopefully it'll make you more open to people. I've done it a few times and it's only helped.

I'm kinda in the same boat as you, OP, but have a few people I'm cool with...shit sucks.

ITT: blind leading the blind

said you smoke weed? most major colleges have a NORML club. join it and look for cool people to smoke with.

Don't feel ashamed that you aren't getting invited places. Try to imply that you want to be invited to a specific party. If you don't at least show interest, people assume you WANT to be a shut-in.

>>8655306

Queen?

I could understand if I'd said something like Lynyrd Skynyrd or something. That's the type of music that people will generally develop a dislike for early on due to their parents' opinions (either for or against) and then stigmatize it from then on.

But Queen? Have you ever actually listened to them or are you just going off the fact that the lead singer was gay...

Actually had the exact same dilemma until I ran into a high-school friend when I was swimming. I'm not exactly the social butterfly that she is. I've met an entire fraternity through her that I can actually chill with, and I will likely rush for them in the fall. The only way that you can make friends is to truly put yourself out there.

Join clubs and get involved on campus and actually talk to the people in the clubs. Honestly, it is difficult to make a true friend in college. I wish you luck.

>>8655372

I'll try that. Obviously not being an ass about it, but I will give that a shot next year.


>>8655367

90-ish% sure we don't.

Queen is one the best fucking bands of all time, OP, I totally agree. Haters gonna hate though.

Hey OP, vid very related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdGIXCBwGnk

haters gonna hate!

>>8655467

lol.

now i'm smiling

>I'm nearly failing half my classes because I just see no reason to continue

How about you stop being an immature faggot and pass your classes like a big boy you dumb angsty nigger? College, no matter what Hollywood has told you, is not about getting stoned and "exploring your sexuality". It's about learning to scheme and pass what are essentially simple tests to prepare you for the cut-throat world of reality.

I bet your dad fucking hates you, I know I would.

I'd say you already missed your chance, joining any group now would be so incredibly awkward, and if you didn't naturally make friends by accident anyway, I'd say you lack the charisma to pull it off in that situation.

Just accept that you're not one of them and move on. Also stop posting that you smoke weed and drink on the internet, you look like a douche.

Hey, I feel the same way as you OP. Kind of a withdrawn loner at college, but I act totally different at home, and am really outgoing with my friends at home. I get along fine without friends here most of the time I guess, but then I get these sudden sessions of crippling depression when I'm alone in my room or something... Fuck. I tried calling my 'friends' today cause I was feeling like shit and just wanted to hang out and talk, and they were all busy working... guess I'm just an antisocial fucker that no one wants to hang out with....

ronery ronery ronery

I don't really have any advice for you OP, I feel like I'm in the same boat, but I sympathize. I'm sorry it's been hard to find friends.

>>8655567
>I get these sudden sessions of crippling depression when I'm alone in my room or something

I thought I was the only one who got these. I was studying for an exam last night and all of a sudden I felt like the weight of the world was crushing me. I felt helpless and just curled up into a ball and started crying. Now I am apathetic again.

>>8654771
Ugh, I'm in the same boat as you. It sucks, first semester I had a pretty good social life going. Had a few friends I smoked with, and I was friendly with everyone in my unit and hung out with all of them at least once in a while.

Now my dorm hall is empty most of the time, everyone's out doing something. All my smoking buddies joined frats, so they spend most of their time there now. Classes are so antisocial compared to high school, no idea how to meet people there. Everyone shows up, listens to the lecture for an hour, then immediately leaves.

I'm just terrible at setting up new social networks. Plenty of friends back home, I can't wait to get out of here in three weeks. Not looking forward to fall, but it's a chance for a fresh start, I guess.

>>8655520

>I bet your dad fucking hates you, I know I would.

He does. His last words before he left me Freshman year when my whole family drove here were "I hate you. You're a failure, and you're going to fail out."

>>8655520
>It's about learning to scheme and pass what are essentially simple tests to prepare you for the cut-throat world of reality.

So gender studies really is a bunch of bullshit?

I read all of OP in Kevin's voice.

ITT:
a
gangbang
of whining

also, fuck queen.

I don't have any friends, and I don't give a fuck.

I'm a complete shut in, and I have no problem denying it. I'm into my third term living in halls of residence, and I don't know the names of any of the people on my floor.

I'll work with people in labs no problem, or work with people on my course on problem questions outside of lectures, but I don't do any non-physics stuff with them.

I very occasionally go out to concerts with this guy I knew from school, because we have similar taste in music, but I never see him apart from that.

I don't see any appeal in socialising. It's like "I could go out clubbing with people form my classes, or I could watch 6 hours of The X-Files", and the latter options is way more entertaining.

>>8655640
Then how about you become massively successful, get out of school, get a good job, start voting Republican, and laugh at all of your dumbass fratboy friends who work at The Gap instead of complaining about being lonely?

yea dude friends are overrated. and once you get out of college its even worse. so just learn to enjoy being alone. and this way your 'friends' cant disappoint / hurt you either.

>>8655669

As a fellow member of humanity, I feel bad for you, whether you choose to recognize it or not.

>>8655606

This was pretty much exactly me last year.

Everyone that I did hang with went for frats and all that. I've never really seen myself as a 'frat guy' so I didn't even rush anywhere. Can't help but wonder that if I had things would be... better or something.


>>8655567

I think it's something about having grown up with them. Having that 'collective consciousness' of what happens and what goes on. I lived in a small town, so everyone knew everyone. You know when shit goes down, your friends will have your back, and you'll have theirs.

Here it's like I'm just caught in the current. New people come in, old people leave. Apparently people make friends, how many of them even keep in touch when they're gone?

It's like you're chilling in a lake on an inner tube, having a great time. You get pulled slowly towards the waterfall that you can't escape. You go over that edge, and find yourself fairly adjusted to what has happened. You put your cool face on and flip your inner tube back over. But you're just stuck on this river that's tossing you back and forth, hitting rocks and rapids, and overall it's just not as fun. You yearn for the days when you were lounging in your inner tube.


What the fuck did I just write

>>8655653

You mean cookie monster's voice?

Don't get down on yourself, OP. You do not need friends to overcome this world.

Strike up conversation with people that intrigue you on first sight.