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Forces that fuel friendship

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Re: Forces that fuel friendship

#12
Where there's a pattern there's a strategy. This is surely not the last word on the subject, and it's not meant as a how-to guide, but it's a thoughtful and well presented set of observations which people can use - if they wish - to increase their success rate at making friends. That seems like it's a good thing, worth a couple of minutes to think about.

Re: Forces that fuel friendship

#14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not calling them "NPCs" is probably useful as well.

Or "normies" while we are at it. A recent trend I am noticing more often on HN.

Agreed, "normies" is a fine shorthand for "people who are not concerned with the niche thing we're currently talking about", but seeing people who think of it as an actual category that they judge people by is a dangerous mental model that a lot of people on here seem to fall victim to.

Re: Forces that fuel friendship

#19
post #3

So basically. Turn off the computer, delete GitHub, delete hackrank, turn off all my docker servers and swarms across the multiple library networks and then go out and talk to NPCs?

Not calling them "NPCs" is probably useful as well.

yeah it’s a just way to covertly (by the videogamer crowd) call other people stupid.
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