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0 pointsseydor2y ago0 comments

you can have such conversations with anyone, they are not a friend. friendship implies a certain emotional investment, which implies a certain bias

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daveslash2y ago

I agree. I think in modern American vocabulary, "Friend" is thrown around quite loosely to mean "somebody who I know and I'm not adversarial with".

Personally, I have very few friends - people with whom I have an emotional investment, who I'd trust to call if I had a bad breakup or needed money or some sort of personal help. But I have tons of casual relationships with folks that I'm on friendly terms with.

nixpulvis2y ago

Perhaps you're describing an "ally"?

layer82y ago

No, it’s an acquaintance you don’t hate.

nixpulvis2y ago

I don't understand your point.

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