| The question is simple, i am curious to see what do you guys believe. My opinion is that real friendships do not exist. Most of people keen on others for personal gain, either it is for attention or for something else. This is my humble opinion, what's yours? |
 V I S I T M Y 【P R O F I L E 💕】 |
| I think they do exist, it's just that alot of people might be may interested in using you as you mentioned. Whether it'd be for a self esteem boost, leeching off you (E.G You always take them with you to new movie releases in the theaters), or whatever else. But I still feel they exist, just have to find the right people. I guess it's just like finding your soulmate, more or less. |
 “Don’t just mindlessly judge people as you please.” – Rin Okumura “Your past shouldn’t stop you from achieving your goals and dreams.” – Rin Okumura |
| what do you think would make someone a friend? |
| I don't have much real life friends but neither I, or I believe my friends have anything to gain from each other. Aside from moral support of course, but I don't think there's anything wrong with friends helping each other, right? They are people I actually enjoy spending time with and talking to. |
| but that's exactly what friends are for.... to make alliances, it's a win-win relationship where both parts gain something from relating with the other one.... since the human race started having notions of society this has been the reason of existence of friendships.... |
| I have friends and I trust them as much as they trust me, respect them as much as they respect me, etc. Which is a lot actually since I've been with them for years. Well, for my close friends that is. I enjoy spending time with them and that's really all that matters. I guess maybe environment and upbringing can make people cynical. Still, I think genuine friendship exists. Just gotta find it, as corny as that sounds. |
| "This little girl, who's not even half my size... taught me that tears can flow even from these silver eyes." - Teresa |
| i believe they do exist but not for me since i got strong negative symptoms like avolition and asociality |
| They do exist but boy are you willing to accept their weaknesses and everything that they do would piss you off because you're that one nice person who can't hurt a hamster? |
| I believe in real friends, but I think real friends are rare. Or at least in my experience they are. |
| woah there |
| Best friends are only exist in Konoha, the village that Naruro lives in |
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| a friend is a unit that aids your survival. going to lunch but short on funds? they are providing you with the means to nourishment. buddy's to go to the bar? they are providing you with social exposure which may induce breeding. gonna play sports? they are fulfilling your exercise needs which may attract mates as well as keeping you healthy enough to breed. just to talk? they are keeping you mentally stable which is usually necessary to mate as well as providing social outlet. so friends do exist for some people |
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| wow y'all are either unlucky af or have shitty character judgment |
  ｍａｌ'ｓ ＣＹＢＥＲ ｒａｃｃｏｏｎ ＣＹＢＥＲ ｂｏｏｐ ! ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｄｉｓｔａｎｔ ｙｅａｒ ｏｆ ２０２６ ｔｈｅＣＹＢＥＲ ｐｏｌｉｃｅ ａｒｅ ａｆｔｅｒ ｍｅ ! |
| Hm, only online. Despite having "friends" offline in the past, I would not consider them real friends. |
  WORK IN PROGRESS ~The frog leapt forth to my lilypad memory.~ I was indoctrinated by an inamorata rabbit, Adenomata affronted. It was the verecund, dismissed creatures That I jubilated in most. This rabbit I would nurture, At the aiguille of esse, The anneal of noblesse. ❤️ Birdie ❤️ |
| I consider "real friends" people I truly feel comfortable being around, and people who I know I can depend on. There are other people who you could just talk to about casual things but they aren't really ftiends |
| -insert wise old moosy adage- |
| I have "real" friends-I really despise people who pretend to be your friends just so they can take advantage of you. |
| Life Is Short But Intense. |
Elanin said: Just because you only have friends for personal gain, doesn't mean everyone only has friends for personal gain.The question is simple, i am curious to see what do you guys believe. My opinion is that real friendships do not exist. Most of people keen on others for personal gain, either it is for attention or for something else. This is my humble opinion, what's yours? Also, how nice of you to let everyone know not to be friends with you. It's very polite when people like you out themselves like this, really saves others the unpleasant surprise later on. |
| "my life at this state could be transposed into a pretty massive biography" - Cneq, "the guy who was literally using BTC in 2012 to make deals in the first main instance of a digital itemized economy forming naturally in all human history (also the precursor of NFTs) and who had 20k+ total trades.", 23 years old MAL's most prolific antivaxxer, Noboru. |
| Define real friendships. That should be the thread. |
| I just grow mutual bonds with people, all I care is to have fun. I don't have a particular desire to gain anything from anyone. |
 𝔚𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔞 𝔱𝔬𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔚𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫' 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔪𝔶 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 ______________________ |
friend: a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations. affection: a gentle feeling of fondness or liking. Basically, if two people know and like each other, they are friends. It's pretty simple. Not only does this phenomenon exist; it is inevitable to happen. This is not a matter of opinion. The only person stopping you from forming meaningful friendships is you. Take that to heart. |
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| yes. there is such thing as real friendships if you think of them as a real friendship |
| Lets just ignore all social conventions and accept these specific scenarios as cogent arguments, let's just throw common sense out the window. Pinnacle of dispositional pessimism, smh. Opening up to people often makes you really close to them -- at least from my experience. Empathy as an ability to further bonds with others isn't a myth and nor will you destroy your social status if you drop the pride levels down. Very little to lose and a lot to gain. |
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| Yes. It takes time to build a real trust based friendship but it is possible. And it doesn't mean that you can be "real friends" with anyone. |
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| by that logic everyone is selfish af, even when they do something nice they do it to make themselves feel better. but if thats the case, 2 people who are friends are kind of sharing this bond, just using each other to feel that they are not alone (ill ignore the personal gain and stuff cus i havent experienced this). maybe that is what friendship is. idk if i believe that real friendships exist but i do have these 2-3 people that id like to have in my life forever and share stuff,hang out with them etc. but ive kinda discussed this with them and ive already told them that i put myself above everything and if somehting ever happens ill just choose to save myself. i dont think thats smth bad tho, friends or not we are different individuals and we will always be technically alone |
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| Yeah sure. It’s the people you acknowledge are different from you but stick to nevertheless. And how even though sometimes you might argue, the relationship is never toxic. Those kind of relationships tend to be rare. |
  ❝ falling sick on a journey my dream wanders around fields of dry grass. ❞ (♫) |
| Sure they do, only people who've never had one don't believe in their existence. |
Ehta said: I believe in real friends, but I think real friends are rare. Or at least in my experience they are. You're not wrong. Real friends are rare. But for what it's worth, I'm happy to have at least one real friend. He knows who he is. |
| I'd take a bullet for my friends that stayed with me for 7 years. I don't really show it but I care for them, and so do they. Damn tsunderes tho |
| i don't really care if it's a true relationship or not. if i'm having fun and i'm not bored, i like them. |
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