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I'm an Offshore Wind Energy master's student in Strathclyde

Born in Hyderabad and grew up mostly in Dubai

Been in Glasgow for a little more than a month now and have made zero friends.

I choose to live in a studio, cause I'm a little more paranoid about covid than a usual person, and don't know if I would be covid compatible with random people

But now since I don't have roommates, I don't have conversations with anyone, other than calls with my parents or 3 friends back home, or random people on reddit

I am super quick with small talk with almost everyone I meet, but that's all it is, random burst of courage and small talk

I know that this might not be the best time to start making new friends and all

But sitting in just one place, studying, streaming, staring at screens for almost 14 hours a day, is getting to my head

I understand that this might be a little unorthodox request, but I don't know who else to ask or what else to do

I am an active Redditor on this sub, and you are one of the friendlier city subs that I've ever been on

So I'm asking here

I don't have any wrong intention on my mind,

Like a random commenter said that they got 'murderbummed' after they came on a trek with me last week

Which was hilarious, but also something that I would never do, cause I would never kill someone on a Sunday, in a outdoor public place

Cause too many witnesses.

Jokes apart.

I have zero wrong intentions, but have so many spontaneous dark jokes.

Being a Humanist, I try to truly communicate, understand and accept anyone who's willing to sit down with me

No judgement

I'm just looking to get to know someone/anyone in this city

Doesn't matter if you are 60 and want to hangout with an Indian dude and tell stories of something that happened before the internet

I'd sit down and truly be in the moment with you

Maybe hang out during the weekend, get pissed or also go hill walking with, I'll be truly in that moment with you

Or do some other local fun activities together, I'll live in the now with you

Anything, I'm in

For almost 8 months before I've come here, I was living in the future, mentally, the time I would be in Glasgow

And now that I am in Glasgow, I am alive, but I'm not a 100% sure that I am living

In this one month, I only felt alive when I trekked for 3 hours last Sunday.

I'm an introvert who's spent years to get better at conversation, and my social skills are dying, one more month of no in person conversation and that's it

I'll probably be pushed back to an old textbook version of an introvert

I don't want you to feel bad for me and reach out, cause people have done that, and that interest which comes from pity lasts for like 3 days or until a sneeze

Only reach out to me if you want to make a new friend and truly connect