No, it's a thing everywhere to be honest. People are their with their friends and you are the only one alone.

Without phone it would be too cringe, even with phone its cringe. I behave as if though I'm texting someone. It's the societal weight of being the one who is alone.

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999900000999 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Other people don't care nearly as much you think.

If I want to see a movie, I see a movie. If I want to travel, I travel.

Now with my last vacation I happened to be on the same continent as a long term friend who I hadn't seen in very long time. We met up, and it was like we were hanging out in college again.

But I had a great time traveling solo before that.

If you have the mentality that you need to be around your friends constantly you'll never try anything new.

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4k93n2 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

other people there have no way of knowing what your situation is. maybe you were with your friends just before they came in, or maybe youre meeting someone but theyre running late. most arent even going to be paying that much attention that they would notice, and even if they do theyre going to forget about you a second later because they have theyre own things to be worrying about

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amelius 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you feel like being a weirdo when you are alone in public transit?

Maybe you should treat cafes the same?

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coolThingsFirst 3 days ago | parent [-]

Transit is different, you are going from one place to another. Cafes are where people that know each other come to socialize. You will almost never see a lone person in a cafe in the country where I live in, and a lively conversation tends to pull other people in as well.

It's just different so their initial thought of it being awkward without further reflection is based on reality not some blown up fear.

I also say this as someone that has no trouble striking up conversations with strangers. So not like I barely go out.

	▲	amelius 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Transit is different, you are going from one place to another. What if you are going from A to B, but in the middle you go to a cafe to grab a coffee, and maybe wait a bit for your connection?