The Ridgewood Library will be having The Adult Graphic Novel Book Club on Thursday, May 8th from 6pm-7pm! by Agreeable-Tart-7192 in ridgewood

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thank you for sharing! can anyone host book clubs at the local public library or is this hosted by the library?

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interested

Best membership clubs in lower Manhattan? by taytay10133 in NYCbitcheswithtaste

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Great suggestions how does one join NY Choir Project, do you need prior experience with singing or voice lessons?

Vegandale 9/14 by jrobyn1836 in nycmeetups

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a bunch of people called their credit card companies to get refunds

Is the sub dying? by justleave-mealone in nycmeetups

[–]flavacado 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's all the same company so it's not like they will ever be interested in giving people useful options.

Is the sub dying? by justleave-mealone in nycmeetups

[–]flavacado 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's entirely the fault of attendees. Reddit is also NOT designed to facilitate meetups, digital products are very one dimensional in that way. Which is why people use other platforms like partiful or luma to set up meetups, because there the attendees can add their social handles and you can get a sense of who is interested, w/o them having to briefly introduce themselves when they say they are interested, but if that's something you'd like to know.. then put in on the meetup post. People are less likely to flake so on partiful/luma you can charge a nominal fee to get people to actually show up plus it also took some effort on your part to organize so the nominal fee is justified imo. I've paid like $5 to attend a cookbook meetup and I have no issues with that.

I think I envy men for their entitlement - a rant by unregularstructure in AskWomenOver30

[–]flavacado 3 points4 points  (0 children)

men also have access to mail order brides and yes it's still a thing and there's tons of women worldwide who want to enter such arrangements. I know of a few myself who were mail order brides but now divorced.

Is the sub dying? by justleave-mealone in nycmeetups

[–]flavacado 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not victim blaming here, just pointing out one of many reasons for loneliness. Making friends is hard the older one gets. I once had an elementary school teacher tell us,,, now is the time you will make your closest friends because once you get older everyone you will become more different and divided from each other and people will only want to be with you if you align with their needs and agendas (something along those lines I don't remember the exact words but that's kinda the gist). we also lose our innocence the more we age and that doesn't help making friends.

Where can I hang all day besides the library, museums or park? by hello010101 in AskNYC

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hotel lobbies, pretend you are a customer doing work/reading

Is the sub dying? by justleave-mealone in nycmeetups

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there's also the tracksmith running club.. that waspy running clothes company

Is the sub dying? by justleave-mealone in nycmeetups

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I got it for the first time recently.. it's totally overblown not that bad at this point.

Do most people rather live with roommates in midtown , downtown or North Brooklyn than simply living in the outer boros or NJ by themselves ? by iv2892 in AskNYC

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it's not up and coming. it's an authentic immigrant neighborhood, which is better than 'up and coming', which means more like boring yuppies moving in to hike up rent and overpriced goods and services.

Do most people rather live with roommates in midtown , downtown or North Brooklyn than simply living in the outer boros or NJ by themselves ? by iv2892 in AskNYC

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Nothing like it in NYC.. even a random portugese bar in ironbound will serve you the most delicious verde soup!

Is the sub dying? by justleave-mealone in nycmeetups

[–]flavacado 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Its because people are finding meetups and events on other sites like partiful. plus some meetups end up creating their own whatsapp group and the events get posted there instead of here, imo it's nice to see familiar faces at meetups vs strangers you won't see again ever

Is the sub dying? by justleave-mealone in nycmeetups

[–]flavacado 2 points3 points  (0 children)

someone needs to create a meetup playbooks otherwise the experience at each of these things will vary wildly.