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

• daveslash 3y 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.
  • nixpulvis 3y ago
    Perhaps you're describing an "ally"?
    • layer8 3y ago
      No, it’s an acquaintance you don’t hate.
• nixpulvis 3y ago
  I don't understand your point.