What is a "real friend" then? Many would argue that shared interests or experiences can certainly be the basis of at least some level of friendship. There are

What is a "real friend" then? Many would argue that shared interests or experiences can certainly be the basis of at least some level of friendship. There are certainly some people who might claim that the label of "real friend" only applies to those you could "trust to help bury a body", or some other extremely unlikely/intense situation. Like most things, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. There are likely varying degrees of friendship. Qualifying them as "real" (or not) comes across more like the informal logical fallacy of an appeal to purity (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman) than anything.