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Does anyone want to be IRL penpals? (piefed.social)
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I have been trying to be more intentional and analog with the way I communicate, among many other things.

I like sending postcards filled with notes and observations about the place I'm in when I travel, but don't plan on traveling a lot in the near future to save some money (hopefully to buy a house), and it doesn't feel right to send friends/family postcards from my hometown... And nobody ever sends reply postcards, anyway.

I think it would be fun to try the penpal thing, break out some lined paper and see how bad my handwriting has gotten over the years of constant digital communication...

Anywhere on earth is fine, international postage for a standard letter isn't that expensive, and it'd actually be kind of cool to know our little papers are traversing the globe and crossing oceans like the good ol' days. All I ask is that you actually want to try and keep it up for a while! I have no idea what a good cadence would be, maybe every-other week? ~once a month? We'll figure it out as we go, I'm sure.

I just think it would be fun and exciting to try and get to know someone the long, slow way, completely separate from the barrage of light-speed communication afforded these days.

I don't want to commit to more than 2 people, I know myself and feel like I'd get overwhelmed with more than 2.

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not what you're looking for in this post, but you might be a good candidate for postpost.social (note that the dark reader addon kills this page)

[–] Bags@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Ooh, thank you! I will definitely be doing this.