active networking is the 10th circle of hell,never in my life have I felt so actively disgusted with myself in a social context. how do you do this without the urge to 
or how do you tamp down that urge because oh my god I cannot stomach it, it feels so fucking slimy to do. i can't even do it at events where the sole purpose is networking, my dad pressed me into one and I bailed 15 minutes in after hovering around, it feels so utterly degrading and gross
Events like that are fine.
To get a job?
Idk, it just seems... kinda fake? Like, your actual friendship has no intrinsic value other than to get a job?
Capitalism, something something transform social relationships something about transactional or whatever
Hahahahha