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People are paying up to 200 bucks to attend these curated meetups, so it's all planned out, but you pay the money and then you just hug strangers.

That's what you're paying for.

I feel like Gateway Drug. Two. Hugstitution. Leads to something else. Hmm. Because I think for 200 bucks in the same cities, you could actually get more than that if you just know the right part of town to walk into. Yeah, that seems like a lot. Hugs are free. Well, no, not unless you're asking for now. You can't just randomly hug people. Oh, you can't once, but. Yeah, but you have nobody to hug. I think that's the point here. That's so sad. Unless it's just like it's their thing. Oh. Yeah, it could be a bunch. You can have a potluck of a different kind of people here. Sad people. It's their thing type people. I don't know. It just feels like a lot of money for a hug gathering. The three-hour gatherings. Boy, they have some stamina for that. That amount of hugging. Do they have snacks? hosted by a group called The Feels in L.A., New York, Chicago,

San Francisco, Philadelphia, and D.C., they guide attendees through eye contact and long, quiet embraces. Oh, I mean, that can be powerful. No, no, no, no, no. Hear me out. I've done this at yoga before. I know, but if you don't know the people and you're staring in their eyes and hugging them, if it were like speed dating, because way back in the day, I did some speed dating. And you know within like eight seconds, if you're attracted to them, if this next two minutes you have to talk is going to be miserable or not, if I get set down on somebody and I got to stare in their eyes and I know for a fact I don't want to hug them, that's a pretty long stare session. Because you know, and now you just got to stare in their eyes. Are they trying to hook up? I don't know, dude. Some. Some. Great. I just went to their website and it says, first thing, we believe being open to love is one of the bravest things you can do.

I like what OnlyFan says too. site and it says first thing we believe being open to love is one of the bravest things you can do

I feel like what only fan says too the goal isn't necessarily dating they say which means it can be

and probably is but building emotional openness and re-learning how to connect without the usual dating app

burnout it's a pricey ticket to vulnerability

and human warmth. But in this economy, even hugs come with a cover charge. Oh yeah. This is

definitely, you know. People want to do it. Yeah. Vice.com. It's for sure people want to do it.

I mean, I like hugs. Not like this. Are you now speaking code too?

It does feel like a code.

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