Christian Martini

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Seeing a lot of hate abt this, incl from mutuals, so let me break this the fuck down for you all who don't get it yet. Context: last year I did some work w the @222place team (based in SoHo, NYC, btw, not SF for those that are intentionally illiterate or ignorant) as an eng contractor building out their web UIs / flows and am now a proud investor, power user, and good friends with Keyan and team. I've also recently started using Dion (NYC based too!) via a friend who works there and am in touch with the founder, Revekka. Huge fan of them as well. My financial incentive here is negligible and idc if I lose the money so this is all from the heart. I invested in 222 because I deeply believe in the team and mission. In fact, I have been personally thinking and writing abt this problem since 2019, independently, alone in my college dorm room (see below screenshots) Many of you on here know me and have met me personally. Some of you even call me your "friend". And if you do, I encourage you to check your last msgs with me. Chances are I send the last text to you and you either left me on read and still haven't responded days or weeks later, let alone seen me in weeks / months. Or maybe we texted abt some work / startup bs, chatted a bit, then the conversation petered out and the result is the same: I have not seen your face IRL in a very long time. It's also likely I invited you to one of my parties (in NY or the Bay) or out before and you either ignored my invitation (sometimes several times) or said you'd come but didn't. Trust me: I remember every one who consistently shows up and everyone who doesn't. And it's sad because I like a lot of you and want to become closer! I don't BLAME any of you individually. It's fine! Everyone is busy and has personal stuff going on. But when everyone does it to everyone it becomes a big fucking problem. And most people these days choose to resolve this problem for themselves with drugs, gambling, drinking, or suicide. I know this from experience. I happen to respond to every single person who msgs me ASAP, am good at following up on stuff, and go out of my way to attend my friends parties when invited but not everyone does. That's ok! BUT part of why I do this is bc I have very little family left and most of my "friends" now are either far away (even if geographically close) or busy with work & life. I stay busy too and have had no problem excelling in my career, I just always carve out time for the people I care about. The reality is it's a fucking lonely world out there in America for guys and gals like me: young single professionals living in a big city (now NYC but I felt the same in SF and I grew up an hr away!), far from family, with a lot of so called "friends" that I see once a month or less at this point but not a lot of consistent community and support from good people that care about me enough to check in when I need them most (e.g. RIGHT FUCKING NOW) I had to travel the world nonstop the last two years to get that and now I feel like I'm closer to people I just met in fucking Russia, Europe, and China than I am to most people on here that I've known for years. Why is that? I've come to realize it's a deeply rooted systemic cultural issue. None of us have a shared religion, or a common third space, bringing us together regularly anymore. It doesn't even have to be church! In fact, it used to be Bowling Alleys! (See Robert Putman's "Bowling Alone"). So what are we left with? A generation of people, young and old, that are glued to their smartphones and forgot or never bothered to learn how the fuck to be a normal friend to someone. "Go to bars" they say. I fucking do! All the time! I drink and party a lot! But I don't want to just drink beers with someone for a night just for us to make loose plans a month from now and then never see each other again. That shit fucking sucks and I'm sick of it. I want real and long lasting connections. 222 & others are not perfect. But at least they're trying to solve this problem. Because it's a big one. Arguably, one of THE most important problems in our modern American society. And I promise you me and 1000s of people across 10+ cities globally would not be happy paying customers for over a year if we didn't have a really fucking good reason to be. And my reason is that you all, collectively, have let me down as a friend. So I'm branching out!

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