I would like to apologize to the female student I approached today under Togo Salmon Hall right next to the TWELVEIGHTY BAR & GRILL around 5:50 PM. If someone asked for your contact information at that time, that was me.

First and foremost, I am sincerely sorry if I caused you any distress. This was my first time asking someone out, and I realize now it may have been awkward. I barely mustered the courage to do so, and I apologize if it made the situation uncomfortable.

I felt really guilty afterward, so I felt the need to write this out. Once again, if you see this, I am very sorry.

If you wanted to see how we built it

I ended up reaching out to people in the comments of this post I made years ago (which was right as school was returning to in person). I ended up meeting up on campus with the user who's comment is included in this post. We are both not the greatest at socialization, and at that time neither of us had any friends at uni, even after 2 years of classes.

Now: we have lived together for 2 years, we've been in a band together for a couple of years, and she is my absolute best friend.

I still have yet to make a real friend from meeting people in classes, on campus, etc. (I literally have no idea how to do this), but it doesn't matter because I have friends and a social network otherwise. Even people I knew already that I became friends with, with the support of another I was able to socialize much better (talking to people in a group of 3 is much better than 1 on 1).

Even further, from said band we are in that's how I know the vast majority of friends in my life now and even how I met my bf (of 2.5 years now).

We were talking about it yesterday how drastically different things would've been for both of us if we never met. We both genuinely considered that without each other's support we possibly would've gone through 5 years of uni without making a single friend.

It's a funny thing we like to tell people now lol, like guess how we met? .... Reddit.

((Okay maybe quick disclaimer when I posted this and left details about who I am in the comments I did get a LOT of creeps messaging me, but I spoke to this friend over Instagram for maybe a week or two before meeting up in person))

TO ALL THE HATERS. THE DOUBTERS. YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T SERIOUS? YOU THOUGHT I WOULDN'T STAND IN THE RAIN FOR AN HOUR JUST BECAUSE OF A BIT OF MUD AND ICE?

LOOK AT THESE COURAGEOUS PEOPLE WHO BRAVED THE STORM. WHO SHOWED THEIR DEDICATION NO MATTER RAIN OR SHINE (MINUS SHINE).

WE ATE MUD. WE SHAVED A TREE. BACKPACKS SOGGY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT - OUR ARMS ARE DEAD!! AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SET OUT TO DO. AND THAT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY!!!

BUT I UNDERSTAND. YOU HAD A MIDTERM. YOU HAD TO DRIVE A MEASLY 5 HOURS TO GET HERE. IT'S OK.

TUESDAY MARCH 11TH. 10:30 TO 1PM OR WHENEVER I GET TIRED. WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN. THERE SHOULD BE NO RAIN, YOU HAVE THE PROOF, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!

I honestly don’t know how to feel right now…me and her were vibing pretty well prior to this. I also didn’t think I was that ugly..?

I feel like crying. A simple “sorry, you’re not my type” would have gone a long way. But a sudden block, after texting for 5+ hours? Am I really that hideous?

I'm in first year engineering, and I've been a long time lurker on this sub for a while now but never posted. Just thought I'd rant that the quality of first year engineering students is so bad.

At the start of this year, I thought i'd have passionate discussions with my fellow eng. kids about CAD, robotics, etc. but NO. It seems like the vast majority of first years in eng don't have any passion, and are here because of the $$$, not because they are actually interested in engineering.

I've met people who make me constantly wonder "how tf did you even get into Mac eng? I think I've lost track of how many people i've met/overheard who literally bragged they took online school advanced functions, calculus and physics because they couldn't handle it in day school. I've met people who pay $20 per month for Chatgpt so it can do Lon-capa, Childsmath assignments , and Matlab code for them. Last night i overheard someone call Dr Childs a f--- piece of s--- because they were furious that they got an 8 in MATH 1ZA3 when they think they deserved at least a 10. There are so many people who don't deserve to be in this prestigious program.

I know this sounds like something from r/iamverysmart lmaooo, but ngl kids are getting worse and worse as the years go by

This one has been itching me for a while but since school starts today I might as well take it out. Idk if anyone of you guys have been through this. But I was on grindr in around october and to my shock my TA slides in and sends me unsolicited pics, and now I don't even know if I could ever reach out to him for help and not see him in another way. I am a first year btw and I know him from the winter semester. Has anyone experienced the same 😭

Exam season’s around the corner and the weather’s no longer on my side for the time-being, but that’s not going to bar me from releasing endorphins. Have finally broken free from the shackles of midterms.

Basically sheltered and limited myself to resort to daily, school-wise reasonable late-night walks (~1 hour off-campus one-way) last semester. My exploration had been put to a halt for months until recently, in which chaotic companionship rekindled my craving and I’ve begun embarking on slightly longer distances via a combination of walking, biking, and busing.

So is there anyone who’s willing and/or been wanting to do something of this sort and would genuinely follow-through sometime? The only crazy mfs I know who’d do this regularly with me (one being Mac’s fan favourite, u/Vegetable-Anybody112 and the other being… the infamous u/Candid_Vast9388), unfortunately, aren’t readily available for obvious reasons. I’m probably still soloing this pretty much every day next week either way, but it doesn’t feel as thrilling and freeing alone after a while. Might seem questionable, but my perception has been framed accordingly since I’ve been fortunate enough to not experience any sketchy or potentially dangerous situations. Not manifesting the opposite to occur, but my limits can be pretty crazy and flexible due to the bursts of pent-up energy that I have, so my confidence has been through the roof. 

Plus my mascot, u/Vegetable-Anybody112 (he demands glazing, so I need to strategically use his clout), has openly challenged me to either solo or recruit at least one other unstable mf and do something more impressive, so there’s that. The second person to clown my navigation skills after a series of… minor overlooked misrouting errors lmfao. Are we beating the legend himself? Probably not, unless some enthusiastic mf decides to adopt me and surpass my level of commitment here. Regardless, it’s about the journey, not the destination, and yes, that sometimes involves getting lost lol.

FINAL EDIT: Upcoming Weekly Schedule

Monday: 

• Main: Dundurn Stairs (commenter’s suggestion)
• Alternative: Borer’s/Rockchapel

Tuesday: 

• Main: Sam Lawrence Park (attendee’s request)
• Alternative: Hendrie Valley

Wednesday:

• May or may not be available

Thursday:

• Main: Barton (attendee’s request, but highly reconsidering this if the person is unable to show up and/or to ensure safety)
• Alternative: Devil’s Punchbowl (busing?)

Friday:

• Main: Hamilton Waterfront Trail (attendee’s request; busing)
• Alternative: Sherman Falls or Iroquoia Heights

I’m still open to suggestions, but I’ve basically tried to keep everything reasonably ~1-2 hours (walking-distance) one-way for school day purposes. Alternatives aren't set in stone and can be switched around or changed altogether. Specific departure timing is a little iffy, but could range from 12-10PM depending on if I’d rather take the bus and actually explore the location(s) during the daytime. Or if I’m prioritizing one person who’s guaranteed to show up, and have everyone else cater to that. If anyone's actually up for this, we’ll probably meet in MUSC in advance to discuss routes before departing, wander and explore, and return to campus. Please charge your phones, dress appropriately for the weather, and it's in your hands to ensure communication.

THEY WERE ALL DRESSED SO NICELY. SNAZZY SUITS AND DRESSES. FAMILY MEMBERS RECORDING THE MONUMENTOUS RING.

BUT THOSE SUITS WOULD HAVE LOOKED 10X BETTER ON THEM HAD THEY JOINED US IN CATCH. WHAT COULD MAKE YOU LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE IN PICTURES THAN A NATURAL FLUSH?

WE PLAYED CATCH LONG ENOUGH FOR AN ENTIRE LINE OF ENGINEERS TO TAKE A PICTURE OF A RING. WE IMPRESSED ALL THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BY DEMONSTRATING HOW ENGAGED AND LIVELY MAC STUDENTS ARE. WE DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE OUTSIDER CASUALTY. HOWEVER ONE BALL WAS ALMOST MURDERED BY A BUS. CALM DOWN - THE BALL IS SAFE AND SECURE.

I COULD NOT TAKE ANY PICTURES FOR FEAR OF THE ONE TRUE RING'S POWER. HOWEVER I WOULD NOT SCAMPER AWAY JUST BECAUSE SOME 30 PEOPLE WATCHED ME IDLE ALONE ON THE FIELD. IN THE END WE HAD 8 BALLERS AND AT LEAST 5 FRISBEERS. WOULD I LIE TO YOU?

THIS IS OFFICIALLY A WEEKLY THING. EVEN WHEN I'M SWAMPED I WILL HOST AT LEAST ONE SHORT GAME. OR I WILL PASS THE TORCH TO SOMEONE WHO CAN.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 26. 12:30PM TO 3 OR WHENEVER I GET TIRED. JHE FIELD. YOU KNOW THE DRILL. BRING ANY EQUIPMENT OR NONE AT ALL.

YOU. ME. HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP. WEDNESDAY MARCH 5TH AT BSB FIELD. 12:30PM TO WHENEVER I GET TIRED. BRING A BASEBALL GLOVE, A BACKPACK, A HAT, A BAG, A FISH, A SLIPPER, ANYTHING THAT CAN CATCH A BASEBALL. WE'RE GOING TO RIP OUR ARM SOCKETS OUT. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A GIRL OR A BOY OR HAVE NEVER TOUCHED A BASEBALL IN YOUR LIFE. WHIP THAT BALL AS HARD AS YOU CAN (WITHOUT KILLING BYSTANDERS)

UPDATE: A KIND SOUL u/REBELLIOUSMELODY HAS OFFERED THEIR MEAL PLAN FOR PEOPLE HANGING AROUND UNTIL 3:30PM. I WILL BRING TENNIS BALLS SO Y'ALL CAN CONTINUE AFTER I MUST DEPART.

THIS HAS BEEN ON MY CHEST FOR A LONG TIME. "WHAT COMES UP MUST COME DOWN"? COMPLETE NONSENSE. THE WAY WE WERE THROWING TODAY? IT'S TIME TO BURN THOSE PHYSICS BOOKS. THE BALLS WE TOSSED WOULD'VE KEPT GOING STRAIGHT IF A GLOVE DIDN'T GET IN THEIR WAY. END. OF. STORY.

NOT ONLY THAT. IN FACT THE VERY OPPOSITE IS TRUE. WHAT IS DOWN MUST COME UP. SO YOUR SPIRIT IS LOW? BOGGED DOWN BY TESTS? YOU WANT TO LOCK IN BUT YOU FEEL STUCK? DID YOU KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO ALL KNOWN LAWS OF OF AVIATION, THERE'S NO WAY A SPIRIT SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FLY AFTER PLAYING CATCH? IT'S TOO EMBARRASSED TO HAVE FUN IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF STRANGERS. THE SPIRIT, OF COURSE, PLAYS CATCH ANYWAY BECAUSE THE SPIRIT DOESN'T CARE WHAT HUMANS THINK IS IMPOSSIBLE.

SPEAKING OF SPIRITS. SHOUTOUT TO THE SUPERFAN WHO STAYED WITH US IN SPIRIT BUT WHO SHOULD DEFINITELY STAY WITH US IN BODY NEXT WEEK THURSDAY APRIL 3RD. 12PM. JHE FIELD.

Similar to the Sam Lawrence Park-turned-detoured adventure, my initial intention was to walk to Barton Street and loop around in the opposite direction back to Mac. But what did we do instead? That’s right, we walked down the entirety of Barton Street, but safely! Two other first-years, u/PrestigiousPilot8343 and u/MarcBT06, joined me on my journey to bring my September-old inside joke to life: banding together people from Reddit and heading down to Barton via my unofficial healing-in-the-dark club. 

We departed by 7:20PM and made our way over to Barton Street West, from where we continued down Barton Street East and the end of Barton Street (in general?). Unlike the previous walks, even the Sam Lawrence Park-turned-detoured adventure one (with u/PrestigiousPilot8343 👀), this trip consisted of a couple breaks and refueling moments. One of the pit stops was at a McDonald's, and we also detoured to a drive test centre to fuel another joke. I don’t often take breaks and prefer exploring more natural sights, so this was rather challenging for me.

Instead of a thrilling expedition, this was more so a test of perseverance and endurance, especially with my daily walks set in place lol. We did unfortunately lose u/PrestigiousPilot8343—who initially wanted to detour to a random park as well—by the time we arrived at the end of Barton Street East. So I also began questioning my life choices, but much to my surprise, u/MarcBT06 insisted on continuing to the very end and reignited my competitive spirit once more. So did we both back down? Absolutely not. From being worried about dragging us down, u/MarcBT06 became the reason why this expedition was successful in the first place. We arrived at the beginning of Barton Street West at 8:37PM, the end of Barton Street East at 12:04AM, and the end of Barton Street altogether at 2:30AM. Since the earliest bus was going to arrive at 5:43AM, we decided to uber back and finally arrived back on campus at 3:10AM. 

Unfortunately ran into a mishap with Strava, in which it was paused during one of the mini-breaks and didn’t track the stats of the remaining 30 minutes of the walk. On top of that, neither did we remember to take commemorative pictures, so I am slightly disappointed, but this truly pushed our limits in the moment. I suppose I genuinely wasn’t as prepared for my own planned expedition since I genuinely wasn’t expecting to walk down the entire street. 

u/Vegetable-Anybody112 has been challenging me to walk to UofT. Who knows, maybe that too, will come true one day. After all, it does start off as a joke.

THAT'S RIGHT. I PICKED THE ONE DAY IN THIS ENTIRE WEEK WITH 100% CHANCE OF RAIN. I DON'T CARE. I'M SHOWING UP AND SO SHOULD YOU. A KIND SOUL u/REBELLIOUSMELODY HAS OFFERED THEIR MEAL PLAN FOR PEOPLE HANGING AROUND UNTIL 3:30PM. I WILL BRING TENNIS BALLS SO Y'ALL CAN CONTINUE AFTER I MUST DEPART.

ORIGINAL POST: https://www.reddit.com/r/McMaster/comments/1izxida/feeling_insane_after_reading_week_play_catch_with/

TOMORROW, 12:30PM. I WILL BE THE ONLY ONE SITTING BY THE JHE FIELD STREETLAMP UNLESS SOME OTHER NERD DECIDES TO. I DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET FOR A SIGN YET. COME UP TO ME AND SAY HI AND WE CAN GET STARTED. IT'S GOING TO BE COLD BUT JUST BRING GLOVES. A LOT OF YOU SAY YOU WANT TO PLAY SO KEEP YOUR WORD!!

You all get a 12 in bus etiquette. Beautiful work. Every seat was filled, all the way to the back. Bags were on laps or on the floor. People even stood at the very back of the bus!! Nobody blocked the exits and everyone was able to exit easily. I have never witnessed such beauty. May this day go down in history with glory 🙏🙏🙏

JHE FIELD, 3:45PM, NO GLOVES NO BASEBALLS NO THROWING LICENSE REQUIRED. BRING YOUR BODY AND THAT'S ALL. YOU NEED SOMETHING TO CHANGE. HERE'S A START.

UPDATE: I'M BY THE CLUSTER OF PINES

It's a beautiful day outside, flowers are blooming, birds are singing... On days like these, kids like you... S H O U L D H A V E P L A Y E D C A T C H .

We had baseball players. People who've never touched a baseball glove in their life and still haven't. And a football (?). We nearly hit pedestrians a dozen times. We murdered a few more tree branches. We slipped in the mud. At one point we may have appeared to be a cult. No baseball came out unscathed.

My soul is at peace. 2 whole hours of catch. I can no longer hold my pen steadily. I am ready to face the end times (exams). Alas, I know that not all of you could show up. I want to share this peace with you.

Friday March 21. 3:45 to 5pm or whenever I get tired. JHE field. Perchance.

Anyone in the course will know who I am because I made a point of calling them out but- I’m a 4th year, I needed one more elective and I’ve taken most of the available classes for my minor. I decided to try out a 1st year course that seemed fun. You were all disgusting. The professor literally expressed that people talking in the chat distracted him and to only use it if you had a question. Almost 50 of you constantly spammed the chat, sexually explicit things, “memes”, calling the TA names, “bitch” stood out, when she prompted very politely that the instructors could see the chat. I’m not sure if online Highschool made most of you brain dead but this is not how you conduct yourself in university. Not only that but to have the audacity in the discord rules to post “no tolerance for hate” etc. Ya’ll are a bunch of performative children. Instructors put so much time and effort in making online learning palatable and interesting. That being said I have met some very nice first years, I’m not trying to generalize. But for the rest of you, it’s time to take off the pampers.

P.S. I make $24.00 hour part time making memes for companies. Y’all aren’t funny, you’re cringe.

edit

This course no longer has the chat function on zoom, lol.

** my DMs: Hi, I posted a reply to your post and I just want to say...you made the right choice in leaving. Someone unmuted their mic and they were having sex...another person unmuted to complain about the class and then another person kept making random noises. I swear some people never grow up**

I didn’t expect this to gain so much traction. To begin, thank you all for your kind words. The people that need them are the other people just starting university that are surrounded by these kind of people. If anyone is interested in the employment aspect please read a few comments below to see my explanation. Please stop DMing me my inbox is going off, I’ve deleted most of them because I can’t filter who was from the class or who wanted advice etc. Feel free to put your social media and I’ll follow you but I’m warning you now all I do is shitpost basically. I will likely be deleting this account in a few weeks so if you want to talk send your Instagram.

I'm tired of this shit, all people who feel alone, don't have friends, or don't go outside, come to 110 Leland tonight and bring snacks and someone bring a speaker, were getting together and doing something, don't care who you are, if you didn't get invited to something last night or are called weird or some other bullshit by people, I want to meet you and get to know you, and make sure you don't feel excluded anymore by anyone. I sincerely hope you come, aiming for around 9, or come to the gym and we'll do a workout together as that's a pretty social area. (i'll be there till then). I'm in a rolled up long sleeve and champion pants. if you want to be negative and say shit keep to yourself and fuck off with it i' m not going to listen to it. this is an open invite, regardless of how you look, what year your in, I don't care i' m just annoyed with how much disrespect people have and the gaul they have to say it.

Edit: This post is from another persons account, but thought it would be nice to add if interest is there, it’s for skydiving, please sign up if you’d like to 🤝

https://reddit.com/r/McMaster/s/SGGtAFh20F

Also thank you for all the kind words, I appreciate them immensely, and for those who came I hope you enjoyed our time together. I’ll be hosting more things like this either during or after reading week as well, and continuing for the remainder of the semesters too if interest is there.

I just had a moment of realization.. I don’t really have any close girl friends. I’m a girl in the chemical engineering department, and it often feels like everyone already has their own established groups. Conversations with other girls either feel really surface-level or just hard to start in the first place, and I find myself hesitating to approach people.

Sometimes I wonder if it’s something about me, like maybe I’m not interesting enough, or maybe I give off the wrong impression. I’ve always found it a bit easier to talk to guys, but I genuinely wish I had a close girl friend I could trust, someone to laugh with, talk openly to, and share things with without fear of judgment or gossip.

Growing up, trying to befriend girls often left me feeling judged or left out, and I guess that fear stuck with me. Now that I’m in second year, I hoped things would be different, but I still feel like I haven’t made much progress.

If anyone else feels this way or has been through something similar I’d really love to hear from you. It would be nice to know I’m not alone in this.

TL;DR: I’m a girl in Chem Eng who struggles to make girl friends. I feel like everyone has their own groups, and I find it hard to connect with other girls even though I really want to. I just want someone I can trust and be open with without fear of judgment or gossip. Wondering if anyone else feels this way too.

Hi guys, I am a first year socsci student at mcmaster and I am finding it really hard to make friends. I thought it would be better by 2nd sem but it rlly isn't 😭 For context I don't live on res. Anywho, I think I am a super nice person yk, there's nothing outwardly off putting about me and I think I am a pretty cool person. I get told I am unapproachable a-lot, but I try my best to smile and always look nice. I am wondering if I am alone in this or if anyone else is feeling the same way. I just feel really lonely and isolated, I have a few friends at mac but I barely get to see them because we are in different programs. Any suggestions on how to meet new people?? any help, advice or reassurance is greatly appreciated!! Thank you so much

Hamilton is actually a really solid food city

There's a lot of lovely places in Westdale (Saigon has fantastic pho, Paisley is expensive but really solid), and downtown I've been to a few great spots, like Wass ethiopian, Cowabunga, etc
But I would love to hear some of your personal favourites

10 points to anyone who can name this :D

Hey I was just wondering what st paddy’s is usually like at McMaster and is it even big here? Is it similar to hoco or is it more smaller gatherings and parties? What do people usually do?