That has been my experiences here...considering Sydney has like a bar/club/pub/drinking establishment every few hundred meters...i dont go into the city much unless i have to lol

In real life, I'm not outgoing. And being outgoing in real life can lead to you annoying a lot of people who don't feel like talking. And in a bar, due to all kinds of people desiring to get drunk in public with friends, I will most likely be surrounded by people who are too different from me...people too mainstream. They will think I'm a very strange person. In the year 2013 AD, strange is not cool.

If you're in college, try getting into a club. It can definitely lead to some friends.

Also, I was in Army ROTC for a year and a half while in college and I made a few friends there. Then one of them turned into an annoying assclown and we stopped talking. One was a girl who I had a crush on but then she broke my heart repeatedly and acted like a bitch to me. Another was another girl who was a lot nicer and I had grown to love until I told her how I felt via email after graduating and she decided to never to speak to me again. Basically, you can meet a lot of good friends in classrooms and clubs but remember that friendship really does end despite what the liars say.

I actually met a new friend not too long ago just from regularly making small purchases at a small grocery store near the gym. She's a cashier and I once tried to hit on her but she had a boyfriend but basically, you can try to make friends just by slowly talking to people at places you regularly visit which can include places of hobby.

Also, I've learned that visiting bars and drinking may not get you friends at all since I've been to the bars/night clubs quite a few times and I could barely start or hold conversations and of course, every girl thought something was repulsive about me. The few that would talk to me would not give me any phone number or even exchange Facebook friend requests.

Amateur porn. That'll do the trick.

Charity work. Find something that fits your interests and you'll meet lots of good people.

Orgies.

No. Getting to know people you are having sex with is difficult enough when there's a single stranger involved.

Usually if you are outgoing, you don't care if people find you annoying. At least that has been my experience with outgoing people. I used to care what people thought about me, but as I age I have found I really don't care what people think about me (mostly).
That has been my experience at bars, as well. Just usually go to bars with friends, as I am just a social drinker.

Role-playing games or board games are good if you want to meet buddies.

Almost all my current buddies (been friends for over 15 years now), I met playing role-playing games in high school.

If you like role-playing games (the pen&paper ones, preferably without a board if you are imaginative and want to meet imaginative types) in particular, likelihood is high that you'll meet a bunch of like-minded individuals by engaging in that hobby.

You will meet mostly guys that way though: some chicks do play role-playing games, but based on my experience, the ratio is less than 1 in 10... you're actually more likely to find a girlfriend by enrolling in Computer Sciences at university and that says a lot.

For socializing with the opposite genre, you'll have more luck by picking an activity that is either 50/50 or that appeals more to women.

Pottery is probably a great choice. I tend to have very guyish interests and pottery doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

A book club is probably another great one, not that guys don't read, but I think that making reading a social experience is more of a woman thing.

I met many people who I became friends with back when I played tabletop games; in particular 3E D&D, but mostly Warhammer 40K collecting, not just battles but also "painting jams" where we would assemble and paint our models, give each other a hand, also lots of collaborative "building" of model battlefields for playing on. Also many semi-friend acquaintances based around my local Games Workshop store and and the tabletop gaming area they have

Though since I gave up tabletop gaming and sold my WH40K chaos army and all on ebay, and got into single-player gaming, my social life has been left by the wayside. It seems I'm incapable of having a hobby without it taking over everything in my life to the exclusion of everything else bar the essentials like work :)

People still play P&P RPGs. It was hard for me finding anybody when I was kid/teenager in the 80s. I knew two people growing up that played. One kid that was a neighbor that I didn't really like and another neighbor that was a good friend. I can't imagine how hard it would be now. Although, thanks to the internet, perhaps that is a little easier to find clubs or like minded individuals that play.

I have several imaginary friends and they are far better than real ones so... :D

I just came up with a new good one; beating young people to death with your typewriter. I was inspired by another thread and I really think it has the makings of the next trendy hobby for us old folks. :D

I don't think that they will be your friends afterwards.

I wasn't referring to the kids we'd be beating. I meant you'd make friends with fellow 'older folks' and you could roam around in a group, a gang if you will, armed with your typewriters and bloodlust. :D