There are multiple people here recommending clubs and interest groups, but I think this is missing the point of the article. "Hanging out" as defined in the article is explicitly about not having anything specific to do or to talk about. It's unstructured socialization, being together with no particular goal in mind.
What struck me reading this is that our cultural obsession with productivity has bled over into our private lives—socializing has to be a calendar item in order for it to fit in, and if it's going to be a calendar item it should have a specific purpose. This is sad. We've lost something important: spontaneous, purposeless social interaction.
What struck me reading this is that our cultural obsession with productivity has bled over into our private lives—socializing has to be a calendar item in order for it to fit in, and if it's going to be a calendar item it should have a specific purpose. This is sad. We've lost something important: spontaneous, purposeless social interaction.