I Have 300 Facebook Friends and Nobody to Hang Out With

New York Post ^ | September 1, 2015 | Lindsay Putnam

[nickcarraway]

Standing in front of Francois Payard Bakery at Columbus Circle, Walter Piper shifts his weight nervously from one foot to the other.

The 28-year-old is waiting for Jay, a bioengineering student whom he met online just days prior. To take the pressure off of their first meet-up, they planned to run the 10K loop in Central Park together before work.

But this isn’t the beginning of a romance — the two men met through an online “friending” site, gofindfriends.com. Piper, despite having more than 300 friends on Facebook, found himself in a predicament shared by many millennials: He had no real friends to hang out with.

[DoodleDawg]

Everybody needs a friend.

Indeed. Why make up one when you can make up 300?

[central_va]

Get a dog.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

My sentiments exactly.

[rfreedom4u]

no real friends to hang out with

Perhaps if he logged off his computer and went out in public he might meet live people. Maybe go to church! There are people in church!

[LibsRJerks]

Try to tell this to my 23 yr old son all the time .... But he refuses to go. Meanwhile he complains like this guy, of having no friends, no girl .... It’s very common.

I believe, in a very small way, social media is a threat to humanity ... Kids that once met, married, and raised families can’t find each other anymore.

[rfreedom4u]

A friend of my daughter met a guy online and married him a month after they met in person. He is from Morocco and is a muslim. He told her he wanted to take her home to meet his family after they wed. That was about a year ago and she has only heard from her twice since then.

[Old Sarge]

Gaydar just buried the needle...

[Gamecock]

[CatherineofAragon]

"The 28-year-old is waiting for Jay, a bioengineering student whom he met online just days prior."

At first glance, I swear I thought "bioengineering" said "homoengineering."

Pretty close.

[Norm Lenhart]

Vince Neil in 6 in. Heeled leather bondage boots looked more masculine than many of todays ‘males’.

[CatherineofAragon]

"Vince Neil in 6 in. Heeled leather bondage boots looked more masculine than many of todays ‘males’."

Tell me about it. Motley Crue was on "Fox and Friends" a while back, and even now they have more testosterone than those types.

[sport]

If he will send me his address I will send him a quarter. Then he can call someone who cares,

[atc23]

It used to be cool to be a womanizer if you were single - those days have passed. Now guys want to hang out with other guys?

[Larry Lucido]

There is always Pool Boy. He's up for some hanging out.

[JoeProBono]

[West Texas Chuck]

But he’s got such longingly sensitive pouty lips. He should be able to find a friend somewhere.

Come down hyar to Texas homo, I’ll find you a friend. My right boot would love to meet your dumb azz.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes. But there is also the, "be friendly with everyone and friends with no one" meme that is being pushed in schools.

I kid you not, but kids are being prohibited to have "best friends" in school and they are actively broken up if they defy the ban.

In consequence these boys don't have any idea how to make or be friends.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Gag me with Poseidon’s trident.

[dfwgator]

First World Problems.