From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   D  writes:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Same here!  I ``lost'' many.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Same here and this does make me happy.  So it turns out that we've sort   
   of optimized life a bit and increased the security level.  We don't need   
   to waste time with non-friends and found some real ones.  That's a hack. :)   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Nice to hear you run your own business.   
      
   > 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. =)   
      
   Exactly.   
      
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