obviously it's hard to do this in our present situation, but the number of replies here saying "who wants friends as an adult, that's too much hassle" makes me very very sad https://twitter.com/WrittenByHanna/status/1379918707821006849

capitalism, especially the current strain of the last few decades has slowly killed off the concept of community and third spaces. I feel like I've been obsessed with this idea for the last year and a half and trying to find a solution to it.

when I dropped out of school and started a full time job I was extremely depressed and lonely. The friends that I retained in school all operated on different schedules than me. Getting involved in DSA helped me find new friends and plug in to a community. s/o @kovihere for that.

But political organizing, especially of the DSA meetings kind, is not for everyone. We have to find a way to give people an organic space to create community.

The idea that always sticks with me is a monthly community meal. My childhood neighborhood used to host these large spaghetti dinners in the volunteer firehall and those events were an integral part of my youth. I want to find a way to recreate that in Bloomfield/Pittsburgh.