# Damn you world, stop picking on my friends!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 7, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768 "2008-10-07T00:15:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768/1 "2008-10-07T00:15:00Z")

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I have a friend in another country and life is just _sucking_ for her lately. She’s getting dumped by friends and she’s incredibly depressed. And I wish I could fly there and give her a big hug and take care of her, but of course I can’t because I’m poor.

Fuck you world. Go shit on people who deserve it.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768/2 "2008-10-07T01:24:54Z")

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Does she have a PC? If so, one thing you could do is mail her a web-camera. Then even though you’re not together, it will make it feel more like you are. You are still her friend, and I’m sure she’s happy about that.

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768/3 "2008-10-07T02:15:37Z")

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We’ve never actually met, so friends might be an stretch. But we’re going to collab on a fic at some point. I’m just wishing she’d email me back so I knew that has happened to her.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768/4 "2008-10-07T02:40:14Z")

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I’ve never met some of my friends in person. Meeting only online just means you have to put in more effort to keep a strong friendship.

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768/5 "2008-10-07T04:05:02Z")

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Sorry thing aren’t going well for your friend, but this isn’t really the right forum. Off to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-world-stop-picking-on-my-friends/466768/6 "2008-10-08T03:30:10Z")

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Is “she” a furry too?