cranberrygoddess has just noticed 43 things has dumb status updates like facebook
It’s a funny thing, but in a way the way I’ve done this the most recently is by communicating with strangers on the internet (chat rooms, forums, this kind of thing etc.).
You meet people who get it (aka PLUs or People Like Us) because you just meet so many people that some of them are bound to get it, and then you keep up contact with them.
You tolerate the ones that don’t get it because you realise that firstly there are just so many of them out there, but also that they actually have some good traits too, and you can get something good out of almost anyone.
I’ve also met a lot who do and don’t get it through work.
It made me realise that nearly all of my friends are like me – they have a degree in something like arts or science (rarely commerce or IT, never went straight from school to work), they have travelled overseas (most have lived overseas), they read books, they are liberal (small L liberal for the Aussies out there), green, open-minded, mostly introverted, don’t drink much (with a few exceptions) like food from different countries, and aren’t obsessed with sports, shopping, or cars (with a few excpetions). And while I really like meeting people like this, it’s good to learn about other kinds of people, where they are coming from and what makes them tick…then when it comes down to it go back to the PLUs
