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   On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> I also believe that second hand exposure is less than first hand   
   >> exposure. A small comfort as well.   
   >   
   > A lot better.  These ``friends'' are not people who understand what   
   > we're talking about here.  If you start explaining why they shouldn't   
   > put your picture there and so on, it will really be a lot of work.  And   
   > you might end up losing these friends because, you know, people have   
   > little tolerance for politics.   
   >   
   > People wanna have fun.  Eat, drink, play video games, watch TV, ... They   
   > get fed up with political stuff---it's hard to understand and it all   
   > seems to boil down to same thing over and over again.   
   >   
   > But, yeah, we're all probably better off away from these ``friends''.   
   > We just need to face our loneliness, which is healhty.   
      
   Many are the "friends" I have left behind because they could not be bothered to   
   contact me through phone or email. Since I am not on FB, and since their only   
   way of interacting is through FB and whatsapp, they simply faded out of my   
   life,   
   and to be honest, weren't much friends to begin with.   
      
   The ones who remain, I call real friends, because they do bother to shoot me an   
   sms or an email from time to time, and likewise, I do give them a call.   
      
   So I find this to be a hueg benefit! I am also lucky because I run my own   
   company, so my business partners know that if they want to reach me, they have   
   2   
   options, email or phone, and all of them accept that.   
      
   Last, but not least, let us not forget that friends is not a static concept,   
   there are always plenty of ways to meet new friends in life if one feels the   
   need and has the motivation. =)   
      
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