I know how you lads feel. Doesn't help that the only type of weed you can really get nowadays is proper strong headfuck skunk, it's rather put me off smoking weed in a social setting.
It's always the same for me. Somebody says something that takes your attention, so you listen intently, hyper aware of any possible rudeness caused by interruption, then, right where you're going to join in the conversation, somebody else starts speaking while you were still considering what to say, then you lose track and have to intently listen again for a bit, and the cycle begins again. Then you realise how quiet you are and start avoiding eye contact and just stare something out. Then by the end of the night you realise all you've said is "Cheers" whenever somebody passed you a joint or the rolling supplies, and "Inabit" when you left. You couldn't even see the TV properly but you were happy to pretend whatever was on was incredibly interesting to cover up for the fact you had essentially retreated into a world of such intense self reflection that not even the ordering of a takeaway roused you.
But anyway. Countering it by taking speedy drugs and/or being drunk helps.
>>6719 Oh Christ that sounds exactly like a lot of group social interactions for me when I'm not even high. It mystifies me how people are able to contribute so naturally to a conversation when not being directly addressed without seemingly any thinking time. For this reason I tend to avoid group conversations and focus on dealing with one person at a time.
>>6720 Board games (but for the love of fuck dodge "Diplomacy" or anything anyone describes to you as "Diplomacy-like"). Carefully regimented social interaction with strict rules to follow. Find a board gaming group near you, and all of a sudden social things are a solved problem.
