The scary advice that actually works in Taipei: show up to events alone. Go with a friend and you stay in your bubble. Go solo to a small gig or night market and you'll actually talk to strangers.
Want to make friends in Taipei? Pick one coffee shop or breakfast spot and just keep showing up. The owner will know your usual within two weeks, and that's when the invites start.
Offering someone a piece of your pineapple cake on a hiking trail is a universally accepted friendship opener in Taiwan. Taipei rewards the small gestures.
You could be in a cafe in Ari right now with five other foreigners within a kilometer who'd love to grab coffee, and you'd never know it. That blind spot is the whole problem with making friends in a giant city.
The Bangkok friendship advice nobody wants to hear: you have to be the one who initiates. 'Want to grab dinner sometime?' dies in the void. 'Market at JJ Green Saturday, want to go around 5?' gets a yes. Be specific, push through the friction.
@VampaneIIa Pareil, j'ai jamais réussi à accrocher sur Tandem ou HelloTalk. Je suis passé sur une autre appli plus axée vraies amitiés et ça change tout. Bonne chance pour les discords aussi !
Never open with 'what do you do?' in Paris. It reads as very American and abrupt. Ask about the neighborhood, the bar, what they're drinking, their weekend. Work comes up later, naturally.