This is why I've made my Instagram account private.
I'm on Facebook more for professional reasons.
I've actually scored some nice jobs through Facebook, ....
What on earth does this sentence actually mean?
"Scored some nice jobs"?
This Side of the Pond, the verb and noun "score" both apply almost exclusively to football (soccer): Thus, you score a goal in a football match, or, you check the results later on that evening in order to find out what the final score was when the match was over.
And, of course, there is an even older use of the noun 'score', when it was used to describe a unit which meant a quantity of twenty - as in, a score of eggs.
But, "scored some nice jobs"?
I don't know if they're overrated all the time. Definitely some are though. I'm really trying to grow my friend group OUTSIDE the conservatory. Actually, I should put it this way--I don't have any friends who are NOT musicians. So I'm trying to do that. But then what would we talk about? They aren't musicians. Sports? Don't care about that. Popular TV shows? Also don't care about that.
Well, you are studying in a music school, or conservatory, hence, this is entirely natural.
I am curious to know about people's lives - their education, work, hobbies, etc. That's what I ask people about. If they're musicians, then of course that's a different kind of relationship. But I honestly have NEVER heard ANY group of people in the dining hall, for instance, talk about history - or literature, or chemistry, or any other area of study. Unless they're complaining about their classes. Not to say that that doesn't exist, I've just never witnessed or partaken in it. Music on the other hand is freely and frequently discussed. That's really interesting, I've actually never thought about that.
This is hardly surprising.
Again, you are in an environment that is dedicated to, devoted to, the study of music, and the mastery of all forms of music and musical composition; thus, this is a place where you will encounter people who are defined by their interest in music, are passionate about it, and wish to make it their life and profession.
I really hate the classic "going out with friends thing." THAT is definitely overrated.
I'd much rather just one friend come over and we can watch a movie or something.
My idea of hell is watching a movie - how tedious and what torture - with someone; how utterly unimaginative and uninteresting, banal and boring.
Actually, I don't much care for watching movies, and, if I must watch one, I'd far rather watch it by myself.
If someone comes over, we talk.
Yes, there will be coffee, or wine, or beer, and possibly music in the background, but, above all, there will be conversation, chat, dialogue....an exchange of words - and ideas and thoughts and perspectives.
I'm certainly not one for going to the mall (yes, I know people who do that), or the arcade, or the movie theater, etc. Nor am I one for enormous parties, unless it's with family (we've had some of those).
Fair enough.
Also, my parents have established dozens of friendships through work, which seems like a rarity.
No, it is very normal.
Work offers a world where the people in question will have common ground, common topics, common experiences, and possibly, common interests to discuss when they meet.
It seems to me their coworkers get along so well that they can be actual friends and go out together, etc. My dad's been at the same place for 30 years, and so have some of his colleagues, so I guess that makes sense. Don't know how my mom did it though. Probably mostly luck, to be honest. And the fact that both are extroverted people.
Luck has a lot less to do with this than the fact that a common context - namely work - exists.
