# Friend request?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/776043>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 1, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/776043 "2017-01-01T13:37:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/776043/1 "2017-01-01T13:37:48Z")

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I received a friend request. I had no idea this existed. What is it? Is there a seekret friends list? What honors does this bestow?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/776043/2 "2017-01-01T14:05:59Z")

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Each year on the anniversary of my birth, I get together with my friends for a special day.

ETA: I should (must) point out that this is most certainly _not_ sanctioned by TPTB.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/776043/3 "2017-01-02T01:37:21Z")

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Not “honors” specifically, but if you ever need a kidney, you’re set!

And so is your friend!

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/776043/4 "2017-01-02T01:41:00Z")

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I keep my friend list under my pillow and my enemy list on the coffee table. I used to keep them both under my pillow, but with the enemy list becoming what it is today, I was waking up with a serious crick in my neck most mornings.