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I hate pubs. I hate bars. All the people, loud music and other overstimulations make my brain go crazy... but most of my friends want to go to bars. Its seems like they are enjoying themselves... any tips to either get better att handeling sutch situations in fututure so i wont be as much of a antisosial outsider?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just saying you may be fighting a losing battle to some extents. Some of my old circle of friends just had too different of interests. I eventually got tired of trying to find my place in these situations.