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Hey all, I know mummy always said dont meet strange people on the internet but screw it, anyone in southampton england want to meet up for a drink? Im 35 straight male, would be nice to meet someone and see where it goes or just make new friends:)
immajinx
Wish I could take you up on this! Good luck to you tho :)
juniejunicorn
I'll be on vacation in the London area in a few weeks! I'm down for a drink!
thisisthenamethatdoesntendyesitgoesonandonmyfriend
Sure, I could always use some kidneys. I mean... Some drinks. I wouldn't steal anyone's kidneys, again.
conklin5
Once you've had them with Fava beans....
flyingnetherlander
Look man, there’s a lot of negativity on here, but I think it’s worth a shot. As long as you do it safely as anyone would on a first Internet “date”/meet, I don’t see the harm. Don’t give away personal info, meet in a public safe place, and keep it formal until the person(s) can be trusted. I’m in the US but heck, even if I was on vacation there, I would say let’s grab a beer!
kegluneq01
Yup, but tbh any idea of meeting people online i think will always have the jokes and negatove connotations, but pretty much everyone does it now
katenoid
We’re I in Southampton, I’d be in!
LateNightBunnyParty
Careful. I once met a dude online, and we've now been married nearly twenty years.
chud37
That's how they getcha!
kegluneq01
Oh shit, true horror story! Lol
RetrogradeLlama
Well, I would, but you'd have to pay for my ticket from the USA. Also, I'm also male, so if I understand you, we'd just be teaming up to go look for women to meet. So you really wouldn't advance much in the game as it were.
kegluneq01
Haha sadly i dont have that sort of money spare, my car just took most of it for repairs
RetrogradeLlama
OK, just expressing my willingness to help!
kegluneq01
Haha thank you, just need to get out and meet new people ya know
1morebanforafreeshake
Comboverman
Don't help people move furniture if they have an arm in a sling. I learned that one.... good thing I was covered in baby oil I slipped his grip and ran from the van.
kegluneq01
Hahahaha
DiDaVinci
Count your organs before and after.
ebonyfaery
I live in Southampton and now I'm terrified there's another one of us somewhere.
kegluneq01
Haha want to meet for a drink sometime?
ebonyfaery
Will you promise not to murder me?
kegluneq01
Only if you promise not to murder me
kegluneq01
Sent you a message :)
TiringStar
Screw it I'll bite. I'm in Surrey but can make the journey down if you promise not the murder me.
kegluneq01
Aww but where's the fun in that? Ok ok i promise
IfIagreedwithyouwedbothbewrong
Not in Southampton, but whenever you are in London town, please let me know
kegluneq01
Will do
shamus1991
North Londoner here, i'd be down :)
CaptainNoodle42
I'll join the London meet-up ;)
LesserEvils
Same here in Leiden, Holland… reach out, if you want.
simplefishy
Make sure they don’t need an extra kidney or two
kegluneq01
Even if nothing comes of it in the end I have to say I'm really shocked and surprised at how many people have commented on this post, guess it shows theres lots of like minded people here:) time to grow my kidney collection :p
throwblip
Heh, I used to live in Southampton, but far away now, but good luck. I know a couple of imgurians who still live there but I'll ping them rather than tag them in case they're interested
Taliska
Id love to!... but there's the little problem of a whole continent and the Mediterranean ocean in the way lol... If you ever find yourself in sunny south africa check in and Ill buy you a beer... :)
bigfootbound
@op if your ever up London mate just give a shout! Southhampton is a little to far for me currently. We can hit a pub and swap stories like proper drinking strangers lol
kegluneq01
Sounds good
josephmchugh94350
I love in Portsmouth and I like drinking so I wouldn't say no to it
paininallthediodesdownmyleftside
Me too!
kegluneq01
Can do sometime, but my car failed its MOT
josephmchugh94350
Well that's alright I'd come to Southampton, hit the German bar or something
azarza
good for you, OP.. not sure if you already know but you should check this site out: https://www.meetup.com/find/gb--southampton/ looks like you got a hiking trip coming up!
kegluneq01
Thank you
azarza
lol some lady is having her birthday and she posted it on this.. you gotta go. i have never seen that lol
Grimmy32
That depends. Who's buying the first round?
ROBOTvsMAN
Me mum.
kegluneq01
Rock paper scissors it?
Grimmy32
Well OP I'd join ya' but I'm out on business for the next month, then back in the London for work. Good luck finding someone.
kegluneq01
Thank you, hope your travels all go well:)
garfieldstwin
I'd love to, even know Southampton quite well, if only I wasn't a straight male with crippling social anxiety :')
kegluneq01
Well if it turns out as a imgur meet up, you wont be alone:)
Grump0saur
Got to this post late and heading out to Italy in the morning but if there is a meet up, Loop me in. or PM me when the basement is free and you got that boots No7 moisturiser
kegluneq01
Of course, only the best!
IamtheAIyoushouldfear
Even more reason to! Worse case scenario, you get murdered and it cures your anxiety 😊
garfieldstwin
I love the way you think, I'll keep an eye out for the next meet :D
nomorehate
Met a couple I played Elder Scrolls Online with, we were great gaming friends. Most fucking awkward two hours of my life and we never spoke again..
FrankPembleton
something had to be wrong to be playing ESO
WowSoSparkly
you mean you stopped gaming together too because of it? thats so sad.
nomorehate
Yeah, I think they were expecting more, if you get my drift. Very very awkward situation.
WowSoSparkly
oh... oh no
jignha
I've done this in my youth. Definitely found new friends.
LadyBumps
Same here! God bless freeserve chat rooms!
kegluneq01
First real party I went to was people i met on MSN and first time i got laod was a girl from MSN lol
jignha
Just outside of college, I met up with a bunch of people from a local radio station's message board. Still keep in touch with at least one of them.
factcheckmate
I would meet up but I am in Baltimore. @OP you end up here or just passing by - hit me up
kegluneq01
Will do
MaxieMooo
Come to ipswich in suffolk, im free on monday
kegluneq01
Sounds good except my car failed its MOT yesterday
MaxieMooo
Thats rough man. Is there a lot that needs fixing or will it be relatively easy? My SO's car had a cylinder go out on it s engine a couple days ago, luckily her stepdad's a mechanic and he's getting(/got?) it sorted for her
OnlyPositiveFavourites
I met a random friend, a guy, from a game on the internet. We've been partners/dating ever since. Live together. Side by side gaming PC's etc. Do it!
1metalnation
I met my wife here on imgur.
mormacil
Met my best friend on a random game forum. Have since gone to her wedding etc and we've been good friends for a decade now.
LiloPleo
I got married this way, travelled halfway around the world to meet him, we’ve now been married 5 years! Side by side gaming PC’s are mandatory.
kegluneq01
Congrats:)
Catumi
Also be sure to check for established Imgurian groups locally too. The Chigurs was the Chicago group I met a ton of folks through over the years including my partner.
StSycho
Worth it. I've flown to US five times from Finland to meet with people who I met through Imgur. Also travelled with one in Mexico.
StSycho
Attended a wedding in San Diego last year, one this year in Finland, was asked to be the bestman in one wedding which I missed cause covid
StSycho
All imgurians... Halloween in New Orleans with bunch of them, couchsurfed in San Diego, Charlotte and St Petes
justherefortheconfession
Be careful @op. This is a good way to end up in a hole in the basement being told to moisturize. That's what I'd do.
BlueRonfar
Dude likes to see homo’s naked, none of my business.
genericuser010180
Unless it's their kink?
tarquinious
Datnorwegian
A hole is a hole as we say in my hometown
SenfinaZeit
Same. I love being told to moisturise.
Becker37
Don't judge. He might be the one putting people in a basement!
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
but then it'd be proof that someone would want me.
kegluneq01
Exactly, its a win-win
wurstkaesescenario
the chance, that 2 serial killer meets
theworldcouldbeflat
How do you know @op isn't 6'3"(190cm) tall guy that is just naturally built weighing close to 260lbs(118kg). The world isn't safe but some people are safe most of the time.
kegluneq01
@op is about 6'1 weighing around 87kg with 14 years traditional jujutsu and 2 years judo.... And sucks at them both :p
justherefortheconfession
A roofie or three in his drink, and it doesn't matter how big he is. Besides that's more material. I'll be able to make throw pillows in addition to new lamp shades.
Kizmet1974
You would get in a hole and moisturise? You should moisturise anyway. Including your holes
abidikgubidik
He's fine. What are the chances that they'll both be serial killers? Pretty slim.
kegluneq01
Exactly
SmokyTrumpets
Wait, is the moisturiser free?
kegluneq01
3 bottles a day
SmokyTrumpets
In this economy I'm going have to consider that.
dancingbarefootonlego
But what if he wants to moisturize?
wearsPantsOften
This will never get old!
PicassoCT
2 in the drink, one in the stink..
jfred325350
I think it’s probably most likely that you just wind up having a drinks with someone that is boring, weird, or just someone you don’t like.
NivalisAngelus
So, regular night at the bar or blind dates..?
GoldblumNoises
Hey, I'll have you know I can be all 3. Separately or all at once, your choice
kegluneq01
3 drinks, different 1 each time?
GoldblumNoises
3 drinks, different one each time, but all in 1 night. Yes
pareidoliaperson
I'd be more careful of....MAKING FRIENDS!! Brrrr....
kegluneq01
I know right! Eww friends
StellaMatutina
Y'all are kinda showing what you think of your fellow imgurians lmao
kegluneq01
All in good humour :)
pareidoliaperson
Pulp Fiction
MerryXMan
Plot twist: op is the one digging the hole.
JohnThatcher
Plot double twist: the hole is still for him.
kegluneq01
Damn you uncovered my master plan!
UnspokenX
so you're telling me someone will provide a place for me without expectation of rent and remind me to self-care and take care of my body? Well shit, sign me the fuck up.
kegluneq01
The true dream!
justherefortheconfession
There are other ways to pay rent. Providing the material for my next lampshade and place mats, for example.
UnspokenX
So I get somewhere to live, don't have to pay rent, get fed and cared for -AND- I get to die??? Fuckin' WIN WIN!!!
justherefortheconfession
I'd keep you alive for as long as possible. We're BFFs once I wear your face
UnspokenX
no thanks, I wanna die.
kegluneq01
Well it is good to moisturise.... And this is still probably safer than plenty of fish...
AustimousPrime
I think it depends on the fish. Piranhas? Yeah probabs. Koi fish? You'll be better off with the fish.
Grimmy32
Also, moisturizer is weirdly expensive. So... win/win?
kegluneq01
Plus it would be an interesting story of you make it out
WeAlreadyHadThisWar
Fhant
Welp, godspeed if you get out. Question, did anyone call dibs on your material possessions? If not, DIBS!!
kegluneq01
Yea sorry my goddaughter already has that... Mainly my change pot and bank account though!
neospor1n
I used to work at a hotel with a loooot of single people at various levels. The dating app people used was a good measure of socioeconomic status. POF was at the bottom, but that may only be because no one admitted to Craigslist personals
Californiajackson
What was at the top? My poor friend (ahem) could do with meeting someone of means.
neospor1n
Usually went POF
neospor1n
Parkery* is the word I meant
MrOne2
Let's get together OP. But first: would you consider yourself a healthy person? What's your blood type? Are you willing and able to travel?
blackneomil
You're forgetting the big questions, like does OP still have both kidneys and does his family have any known genetic defects. You know, basic "getting to know you" questions
darthgaara
What is this, a job interview?
MrOne2
myproudburner
I don't want to be too forward, but how's your kidney function?
PragmaticPrimate
Asking for flavour?
myproudburner
Yeah, uh, that's what I meant!
kegluneq01
About a 3
IdRatherBeOnThePlaystation
I hope this works out for you my man. I'm a bit too far north to make it (Bolton)
kegluneq01
Would be nice, thank you for the support
Fait
+1 Bolton Massif
NachtReborn
Well, if you ever think about coming to the Midwest USA...... actually don't..... there's cooler places to travel to......
SomeDetroitGuy
I don't know where you are but Michigan is fucking awesome.
kegluneq01
Haha everywhere is shit if you live there
kegluneq01
If every cities the same, doom and gloom under a different name, maybe we should find our home in one
NachtReborn
I'd love to move to a new city with someone!..... pretty sure that *I* am not your someone..... being a guy and all....not sure it'd work out
kegluneq01
Yea no offence but probably not, it was a song lyric btw
NachtReborn
I know....the opportunity was so there....had to!
kegluneq01
Haha, I'll be impressed if you know the song... Without google as its a more obscure 1 I would say
TomahawkJackson
...however, flying from Iowa to Southampton for a pint sounds boss.
Hellstorm99
No. Do not expose people unfamiliar with Wisconsin drinking habits to our social norms. They die from alcohol poisoning.
SergeyPrkl
well, Wisconsin drinking habits are mild compared to UK or the Nordics. You just have the hint of it how it is done. All the puritans from Nordics moved there :D
UnspokenX
I think they were thinking more to avoid ohio. I've known people who suffer from buttsons disease; a terminally bad and very rare disease of the butt which causes buttosis, and they went "At least I'm not in ohio."
Grandolddrummer
Iowa?
NachtReborn
I could make a decent claim for it actually, but nope
rileysmurf
RIGHT...everything around me in a 25 mile radius is corn fields and cattle farms. We do a kick ass 4th of July out here in bumfuck noweheresville but that's about it.
Muenyn
What? You don't like the rednecks, racists, homophobes, evangelicals, methheads, dirty sheriffs, wildfires, flash floods, sinkholes, tornados, and unseasoned food slathered in ranch and/or mayonaise served with shit horse piss beer? : P what about the hours drives of nothing but run down towns of xenophobes afraid of anyone who isnt their cousin going back 3 generations in between the actual cities?... ya, me neither.
bedframe
That's why Chicago.
BuzzesLikeAFridge
~Sighs in Kansan~.. That's awful.. 100% accurate.. but awful.
PaytonFrost
Minnesota is nice 🙂 Rest of the Midwest has some okay parts too.
SomeDetroitGuy
Minnesota feels so much like Michigan that we should just have our own region. Maybe we invite Wisconsin, maybe we don't. Ohio is right out.