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Re:The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult by sliverstorm on Monday July 16, 2012 @01:36AM (#4249461)
the only reason anyone would want to be around Steve is because of the money, the power and the fame?

You completely miss the point- it isn't that nobody could like Steve as a person. It's that, how can Steve tell who likes Steve and who just likes Steve's money?

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Re:The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult by PakG1 on Monday July 16, 2012 @07:22AM (#4250189)
That test really only happens in truly-down-in-the-dumps or life-and-death situations.
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Re:The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult by mcguire on Monday July 16, 2012 @04:03PM (#4252273)
That would kinda be the point.
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Re:The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult by gcr on Monday July 16, 2012 @04:21PM (#4252408)
How so?
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Re:The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult by PakG1 on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @01:17AM (#4254209)
Because it is during those periods when you need your friends the most and when it is most inconvenient/difficult for fake friends to come to your aid. It is naturally the most effective way to separate the wheat from the chaff, even though it may not be a nice process.
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Re:The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult by msellout on Monday July 16, 2012 @05:34PM (#4252814)
It's easier to demonstrate a counterfactual than to prove the theorem. Therefore the burden of proof should be on you to demonstrate the counterfactual.
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Re:The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult by gcr on Monday July 16, 2012 @06:06PM (#4252930)
I don't think you're wrong, I'm just asking for some elaboration.
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