An unusual note posted around Sydney is baffling Australians – and it raises an important point about the society we live in today

A young Australian fed up with social media has put up a poster of himself across Sydney in the hope of making ‘real friends’.

The poster was spotted on walls around Sydney, including City Hall, Chinatown and Redfern, and was the brainchild of 18-year-old Cooper.

Cooper told Daily Mail Australia he was confronted with the idea earlier this month while scrolling through his social media accounts at 1.30am.

‘I was just up and scrolling on my phone. I thought, ‘Man, this is so boring. I wish I was doing something else,'” Cooper said.

‘So I decided to make that poster. I told myself, if I still think it’s a good idea in the morning, I’ll post it.’

The full-time student printed 35 copies of the poster which he described as “some graphic designers’ worst nightmare.”

He titled the creation ‘I’m tired of online friends, let’s be friends in real life’ and called on Aussies aged 17 to 24 who weren’t ‘bigots’ to get in touch.

‘In the rise of social media I say: f**k it! If you want to be friends (or enemies) CALL ME TODAY!!!” he wrote.

Cooper said he received an overwhelming response to his poster, with more than 50 different people calling or texting him.

He explained that of the 55 comments, some made encouraging comments, and a small number were trolls, but the “vast majority” were people who genuinely wanted to make friends.

“Now I have plans from this week to next week for trips, places to go and people to see, and that’s fun,” Cooper said.

Cooper believes the best way to connect with others is through comedy. He wrote “little funny things” on the poster so people would laugh and be more likely to text him.

“I think someone who is really funny and can really make people laugh is a real treasure for social circles and humanity,” Cooper said.

“So the whole idea [of the poster] was to make it so sexy and so that it was about being good again.”

Cooper (pictured left) meets a man who responded to his poster

On the poster, Cooper posted a photo of himself and mentioned his interests and qualities he brings to a friendship.

He described himself as the “go-to guy” for complaining, a great movie watcher, a talker and a listener, someone who would text random thoughts at noon and a person who would invite himself over to your house to boil eggs.

He added: “I’m actually very charming and funny.”

The Gen Zer, who studies psychology and counseling at the Australian College of Applied Professions, said he used the poster to highlight how young Aussies are stuck socializing via social media.

“I feel like the younger generation relies too much on social media,” Cooper said.

‘Nowadays the number of depression and loneliness is increasing. We feel so isolated by our devices because we are more connected than ever, but in a way that is socially isolating.

‘People don’t put themselves out there. They don’t bother talking to people. I’m pretty sure the right people will look, see the poster and speak to me.’

Cooper (pictured) said he was motivated to create the poster because young Aussies are too dependent on social media to make friends and socialize

He urged young Aussies to let go of their phones and encouraged them not to be afraid to put themselves out there.

“You only live once and you have to make sure you know this is the prime of your life,” Cooper said.

‘You don’t live it by being on your phone. You have to go out and experience life yourself.”