might be difficult to jump into this thread now, but here goes...
if theres one thing most (thinking) men have learned, its that trends dont last. thats why they're trends. its better to focus on permanence than to scramble from crap trend to crap trend.
that being said, i understand what the original poster was getting at by extending ure social network, but the big question here is quality over quantity. its true, joining a frat and working at a place like abercrombie will boost interaction, but once u pick through the ones worth keeping, serperating the wheat from the chaff so to speak, ure gonna be left w/ pretty much the same #'s as just being a normal person in a functioning society. and u dont have to lose ure soul...
anybody remember baseball cards? u'd buy a pack of topps or donruss and get 1, maybe 2 good cards out out the lot...really wasnt worth the effort. but go to a good baseball card store and buy that frank thomas rookie card u were hopin for in the pack of topps. no wasted effort. see what i'm gettin at?
i think someone said the original post was good advice for the real world. something like that. but the abercrombie/frat vibe is a world unto itself and gets little credit from those who function in this one. but i guess if that bizarro world works for u, y bother w/ the real one?