The YouTube channel Kurzgesagt – In A Nutshell uploaded a video on the 6th titled Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends. Being a subscriber to this channel, I watched it when it came into my sub-box, and at the end of the video there was a link to a the subreddit r/kurzgesagt_meetup. As a sort of experiment and a way to encourage people to socialize, the channel asked fans to organize a meetup for (practically) every large city in the world.
Sure enough, Austin, Texas was no exception. Austinites were quick to form a Discord server to communicate plans for this meetup, and I was one of them. Our first meetup was yesterday! I had a really great time and met some interesting people. I look forward to future meetups.
This video and the event that followed came at a great time – I was starting to feel isolated, again, and this opportunity just happened to show itself. There was a great turnout.
Also, there was a racoon.