# Friends? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 9, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467 "2009-01-09T02:24:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/21 "2009-01-09T03:10:04Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Not the fucking “horror of blimps” link! I beg you! > > It’s like saying, “ya, Orson Wells was fat and couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag, but CITIZEN KANE man!” I don’t think your analogy demonstrates what you think your analogy demonstrates. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/22 "2009-01-09T03:12:44Z")
I got T_he Blob, Rashomon_, and _Pink Flamingoes_. But\* Old Yeller\*? I remember Old Yeller got shot, but I’m dead sure it wasn’t in Viet Nam. Pretty sure, anyway. But, yeah, what _does_ this “friend” stuff mean? And the 3,000 requests I got but ignored, is that what crashed the server? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/23 "2009-01-09T03:18:01Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I don’t think your analogy demonstrates what you think your analogy demonstrates. I"m crushed. I thought **Sleeps with Butterflys** was saying “yes, I’ve read Scylla’s stuff and remain unimpressed”, to which **ivylass** replied with “THE HORROR OF FREAKIN BLIMPS man!” Anyway, it’s not an analogy, its a… you know… one of them things… A PALINDROME! Ya that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/24 "2009-01-09T03:23:40Z")
What does a the Wasilla Hockey Arena have to do with anything? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/25 "2009-01-09T03:31:09Z")
**elucidator** , come over here. closer… closer… SMACK! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/26 "2009-01-09T03:55:45Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > With rambling shitstorms of pointless words like this, I can see why. > > Did you mean to post this in your journal or some website for people who think they can be authors or something? MPSIMS? Dude. In with the funk, out with the jive. Or is it the other way around? Whatever. Pull the string. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/27 "2009-01-09T03:58:02Z")
I’m just a fair-weather friend myself. Less hassles all around. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/28 "2009-01-09T04:17:35Z")
Because of this thread I just now discovered the we have the ability to friend people on the dope. How new is this ability? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/29 "2009-01-09T04:21:20Z")
And what exactly is it for? Does it entail any moral obligations? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/30 "2009-01-09T04:23:42Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > Because of this thread I just now discovered the we have the ability to friend people on the dope. How new is this ability? You do realize this sounds incredibly sad, don’t you? Did your mother have to tie a steak around your neck to get the dog to play with you? (Phyllis Diller shout out!) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/31 "2009-01-09T04:32:13Z")
Go ‘way from Scylla’s window, Leave at your own chosen speed. He’s not the one you want, babe, He’s not the one you need. You say you’re lookin’ for someone Never weak but always strong, To protect you an’ defend you Whether you are right or wrong, Someone to open each and every door, But it ain’t him, babe, No, no, no, it ain’t him, babe, It ain’t him you’re lookin’ for, babe When you’re down and troubled And you need a helping hand And nothing, oh nothing is going right. Don’t close your eyes and think “Scylla” 'Cause he will not be there He’s home watching a Bluray of “Dark Knight” ### Ain’t it good to know he’s not your friend. Scyl’, most people would turn you away I don’t listen to a word they say They don’t see you as I do I wish they would try to They’d have to search as far as Manila To find a friend like Scylla ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/32 "2009-01-09T05:00:11Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > You do realize this sounds incredibly sad, don’t you? Did your mother have to tie a steak around your neck to get the dog to play with you? (Phyllis Diller shout out!) His mother didn’t want to touch him long enough to tie steaks around his neck. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/33 "2009-01-09T05:12:26Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I’ve just responded to the OP in the obvious fashion. Me, too. He was askin’ for it. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/34 "2009-01-09T05:42:52Z")
Welcome back, **Scylla**. I for one thought it was lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/35 "2009-01-09T06:16:30Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I’ve tried that sort of thing before. Putting on some energetic music, striking a variety of odd poses and furrowed brows that look as if I’m learning stuff really fast, doing all this in about one minute. And after all that, I STILL haven’t done anything. Don’t believe the movies, it just doesn’t work. ☹ It does. It only works, however, if the background changes a lot. In a pinch, rapidly evolving lighting conditions can do the trick. Try accelerating the sun as it rises and wanes outside your window, then report. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/36 "2009-01-09T06:38:51Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > Because of this thread I just now discovered the we have the ability to friend people on the dope. How new is this ability? It has existed for a very long time. Maybe from the beginning. A feature is that your “friends” posts are (or used to be) displayed in larger formats. At some point I used this in order to notice more easily the posts written by some people, for some reason or another (liked the poster or found his posts generally interesting, wanted to follow debates on a particular topic, etc…). It didn’t really work properly. What I had missed is that people were warned, and I think had to agree when I added them as friends. So, I was adding friends, deleting them, re-adding them depending on my interests at the moment. I assume some have probably wondered why I was doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/37 "2009-01-09T10:34:07Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’m just a fair-weather friend myself. Less hassles all around. So you don’t do MPSIMS during the Monsoon? **Scylla** , **Charibdis** wants to be your friend and wants to know why you aren’t answering your PMs. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/38 "2009-01-09T13:12:48Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I’ve tried that sort of thing before. Putting on some energetic music, striking a variety of odd poses and furrowed brows that look as if I’m learning stuff really fast, doing all this in about one minute. And after all that, I STILL haven’t done anything. Don’t believe the movies, it just doesn’t work. ☹ So this is why my boss is always pissed off at me. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/39 "2009-01-09T13:23:51Z")
Long time no see, **Scylla.** Welcome back!! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467/40 "2009-01-09T13:37:39Z")
The girl in TERABITHIA wasn’t being molested. Now Scylla just made it even worse for me. BUT I STILL LOVED THE POST! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/480467.md?page=3)