Reply #170: People in the morning crew get up too damned early. [View All]

[ThomCat]

Morning people are inherently evil. :P

There are a lot of inside jokes, and most of the time nobody bothers to explain them. Though, I've asked a couple of times and always been given an explanation.

There are 3 ways I think I've started talking to people.

1. I've agreed with people on serious discussions on the other boards, so we've seen each other fighting the good fight and start responding to each other. I'm PMed the occassional complement to people when I see some really good posts, and that has started some conversations.

2. Other people I met though hosting meetups so now I look for them and we talk. I'm lucky to be in NYC where there are a lot of DUers to meet.

3. I've learned how to Flirt. It wasn't a skill I think I ever hand before. (and I'm still fairly obvious and blatant about it, but people are forgiving.)

Then when people see me talking to other people they're more likely to talk to me too. It seems like having some friends here validates your ability to be a friend here, so it snowballs.