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For me, a friend is a person I can discuss personal topics with. On HN, the topic is given (the article we comment on), and it is usually not personal. If it h

For me, a friend is a person I can discuss personal topics with. On HN, the topic is given (the article we comment on), and it is usually not personal. If it happens to be personal, it is most likely not the personal topic I would like to discuss now. Also, if any of us died today, most likely no one else on HN would ever notice. That too is not exactly what I imagine as "friendship".

nobody9999 4y ago
>For me, a friend is a person I can discuss personal topics with. And for me, a friend is family I get to choose for myself. Anyone else is, at best, a friendly acquaintance. I expect there are many other definitions out there as well.