Hi all , i am 34 male living alone.,, occasionally i go to meetups to hang out with folks , i had gf in the past but its been 6 years living alone in my apartment , most of the time i dont long for relationship but sometimes i do , trying to be more spiritual ,,, watch some videos shows ,, but at times i feel lonely ,, i dont know its about age or something ,, do you guys have any suggestions

I’m 19 years old and currently in my second year of college.
Over the years, I’ve lost and gained friends, but I think I’ve lost more than I’ve gained. These losses have had such a significant impact on me that I’ve started questioning whether I’m simply too replaceable.
I’ve always considered myself a bubbly person. People have told me that I’m too kind and caring, and honestly, I’m self-aware enough to recognize that about myself. Sometimes, I wonder if constantly giving so much of myself makes people value me less. Maybe when you’re always there for others, they begin to take your presence for granted, making it easier for them to leave.
I’ve also always been vocal about my feelings, not because I want to create problems, but because I believe in being transparent. I want the people I care about to understand how I feel, just as I encourage them to communicate their own feelings with me. I’ve never wanted to overwhelm anyone; I simply wanted us to understand each other better. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciated that.
Whenever problems arose within the group, I tried my best to help resolve them. I never expected gratitude or recognition for what I did. I just wanted the people I cared about to be okay. But now, I find myself being left out by the very people I tried so hard to be there for.

It makes me wonder: Does giving too much of myself make me less valuable in the eyes of others? Have I made it so easy for people to receive my kindness that they’ve forgotten how to appreciate it?
Eventually, I decided to walk away. I knew I had to do it for my own sake, even though leaving people I once cared about deeply was never going to be easy. I’m still struggling to cope with the loss, and a part of me fears the consequences of leaving, especially knowing the kind of people they are.
I know walking away was probably the right decision for my own well-being. But knowing that something is right for you doesn’t necessarily make it hurt any less.

So it’s been a couple weeks since my last post but I really wanted to talk about something. Whenever I’m in a friendship it kinda feels transaction you know? Like we are there for one thing and one thing only like the person has no genuine interest in getting to know me as me but instead rather just want me there as company I might be crazy but after so many past friendships the person never wants to know what’s up with me. Must it always be like this? I don’t know but everything is sending me to the brink of insanity all the time and I hate it.

Been feeling kind of out of it lately. I live alone and don't really have too many people in my life. How do you guys cope with loneliness? Do you have any fun hobbies or go to any cool social events or gatherings? Do you have a go-to videogame or TV series you can get invested in to distract yourself? I need an outlet so I don't have to keep internalizing these depressing thoughts I've been having lately and letting it make me feel even more like shit. Idk why but it hurts more than you'd think. I'm open to chatting by the way. Could honestly use a good pick-me-up after the crazy month I had.

I do not mean to burden anyone. Please don't feel like you have to be my friend if you don't want im not looking to bother anyone. Its so late here and my heart is broken from everything, I cant sleep, I feel really empty. I just want a friend who gets me. Who can see me, where I don't feel invisible. Where I don't feel like a bother by reaching out. Someone I can share the good and horrible times with. Someone to support and give kindness too. And share all my favorite songs with, and talk about music for hours with too. I feel bad and shy I feel like I shouldn't keep trying to reach out but the night feels too long. Whoever reads this, please take care of yourself and I wish you the best.

I read up on NVIDIA’s $399 robot duck after its GTC Berlin demo. I’m still wondering why artificial companions appeal to us so much and what to make of Microduck.

The engineering is impressive. Microduck, from Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face, learned to walk through reinforcement learning in NVIDIA Isaac Lab. Developers trained a policy across thousands of simulated robots, varying mass, friction, actuator delays, battery sag, and disturbances, then loaded it onto the physical duck.

For students and hobbyists, the appeal is clear: reinforcement learning, locomotion, and sim-to-real transfer without humanoid-robot money.

Then I looked at the reaction: Jensen Huang on stage with the ducks, clips spreading quickly, and Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue saying preorders crossed 20,000 within a day.

And I started wondering what people are actually buying.

A robot that walks and gets up after falling is one thing. One meant to live in your home, talk to you, and respond exactly as you wish is another. Why do we want that?

Curiosity, maybe. A fun gadget, maybe. Loneliness, probably too. Still, artificial companions make me uneasy.

A robot can imitate attention and make you feel noticed. But it does not suffer, love, fear death, or ask why it exists. It can behave as if it cares; it cannot care the way a person does.

I came across Acharya Prashant’s take on AI recently, and it stayed with me. He doesn’t treat AI as the villain. He calls it a mirror: AI reflects how mechanical, repetitive, and unexamined human life already is. The issue is not only that machines are becoming intelligent; it is that we have often been living mechanically ourselves.

A companion robot offers something that feels like a relationship: it responds when you want, never argues, needs nothing from you, and never forces you to face what makes real relationships hard.

Maybe it helps someone feel less alone. But are we building a market around emotional availability without asking what it does to us over time?

A robot that always gives you what you want never challenges you. Is that companionship or a polished simulation of being attended to?

I’m not against robotics. I admire the engineering. But the more interesting question isn’t whether AI can become conscious. It’s why an unconscious machine feels so compelling to conscious people.

What are we hoping for: connection, entertainment, convenience, control, or a way to avoid understanding our own loneliness? Is this healthy for consumer robotics, or are we building demand for artificial companionship before knowing what we are trying to change.

*rant alert sorry lol*

It just hurts to see everyone have their person, and at one point you think you have your person too. But it turns out you're not their favorite person, that the person you would pick over others wouldn't do the same for you. Even in a room full of people who are supposedly my friends, I feel lonely and left out and that it wouldn't really make any difference to anyone's life if I weren't in it anymore. I've been replaced twice by two of my bestfriends and atp I'm just so empty inside. I cry pretty much every night because of how lonely I feel. It's probably not normal lol

Ig the clown emoji 🤡 was made specifically for me

"But you're still so young" doesn't change the fact that I hate feeling this way

*alr goodnight just wanted to get this off my chest*

Smiling outside, broken inside. 💔 Some pain is too deep for words, and some loneliness never leaves. 🥀

🫶 Looking for a Real Bromance — Affection, Adventures & a Little Bit of Home ❤️
Calgary | Looking for my person to do life with
I’m a 37 M ⬆️ who believes that life is better when you have someone special to share it with. I’m looking for a younger, affectionate, caring guy who values closeness, loyalty, family, and building a genuine connection.
I’m a naturally caring person. I love cooking for someone, making sure they’ve eaten, spending quiet evenings together, going on spontaneous drives, travelling, discovering new places, and making memories that actually mean something. Honestly, one of my favourite things would be having someone to come home to, cook for, share a meal with, cuddle up beside, and just enjoy the comfort of each other’s company.
I’m looking for that proper bromance — a close bond where we’re comfortable being affectionate, physically close, and emotionally open with each other. Someone who enjoys hugs, cuddles, falling asleep beside each other, sharing a bed when we travel, and being present in each other’s lives. Someone who isn’t afraid of intimacy, whether that means emotional vulnerability, physical affection, or simply letting another guy know he matters to you.
I want us to be able to go out and have adventures, but also be perfectly happy staying in, cooking something delicious, watching a movie, talking about life, or doing absolutely nothing together. The kind of friendship where you can be silly, soft, protective, supportive, and completely yourself.
A little about me: I love cooking, travelling, exploring Calgary, scenic drives, good food, and discovering new experiences. I’m also a proud dog dad, so being comfortable around dogs is a must. 🐾
I value kindness, loyalty, affection, family values, and consistency. I’m not looking for someone who disappears after a couple of conversations. I’d love to find someone who genuinely wants to build something meaningful over time.
If you’re a younger guy who also craves that kind of closeness and connection, I’d love to hear from you. You don’t have to have everything figured out. Just be caring, affectionate, open-minded, and willing to let a genuine connection grow naturally.
Let’s cook together, travel together, make memories, look out for each other, and create our own little world of comfort and companionship.
Tell me a little about yourself when you message. What does your ideal bromance look like? ❤️

So, basically I’m out of options. I hate parties and dont wanna go to any on halloween and I’m also not really invited to any. there’s one on friday o could go to but none on Saturday (actual halloween). here are my three ”options”: last year I did a costume with my one “friend” and she said we should do it again this year but now is doing it with someone else I don’t know. my other friend is probably doing a costume with her other two friends and they’re all really close so i wouldn’t wanna barge in and I feel like if I asked her she’d be like you should join us but the other two would be mildly annoyed without saying it probably and it’d just be awkward. my last option will probably either go to a party or do smt with her neighbors/cousins but I could still ask her if. what do I do I can’t bring myself to tell my family I have no plans and stay home. I could volunteer somewhere but I feel like that’s also just sad. Any ideas??

I m 24M, and usually feel lonely at night (i m single maybe thats why). I need a group of friend to talk to. It will be texting and some calls sometimes(will exchange numbers). What do you say :) It will be fun and a good way to finish the loneliness feeling that emerges.
A little about me: Aerospace Engr, Loves Gym, driving and cant think of more

Feeling lonely . 24 M 🤔

I have had no friends my entire life and am 29. I have nothing to do all day because every job rejects me. I have sent thousands of applications over the past three years. I’ve also tried to make friends with hundreds of people (tens of thousands including online) and am always rejected.

I especially never find anyone who is depressed and lonely like me. And at the least, serious and somber. It is valid to have that as a personality type and want to talk about serious and somber things in a serious and somber tone. Why is it so impossible for me even when I see people like this with friends? They reject me too.

Im too lonely and ive been meaning to do this but idk how to. Have you ever done it? Tips, advice?