# Idle Thoughts Friends Goal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 21, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315 "2017-08-21T22:56:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315/1 "2017-08-21T22:56:01Z")

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**Idle Thoughts** has been trying to get 1,000 Friends on this Board. He has made it today, thanks to _moi_.  
(Do I get a toaster?)

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315/2 "2017-08-21T23:03:52Z")

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> [@Ignatz](#):
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> (Do I get a toaster?)

No, but I’ll give you a [toast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BPwe4s3bpE&t=7s).

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315/3 "2017-08-21T23:16:44Z")

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You haven’t heard his secret reveal yet:

His real goal is to get TWO thousand friends! :eek:

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315/4 "2017-08-21T23:20:25Z")

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I thought it was a million, then he can transmit the [twit worm](https://morbotron.com/meme/S07E03/721762.jpg?b64lines=QXMgc29vbiBhcyBzb21lb25lIHJlYWNoZXMgYQptaWxsaW9uIGZvbGxvd2VycywgSSdsbCB1c2UKdGhlbSB0byB0cmFuc21pdCB0aGUgdHdpdC13b3JtLg==)!

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**Author:** ![fireman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fireman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fireman)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315/5 "2017-08-22T15:25:42Z")

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Dang…I thought when I got the request that I finally had a friend.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315/6 "2017-08-22T19:22:16Z")

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There’s no such thing as “friends” on the internet. Just [Fuckwads.](https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19)

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-friends-goal/794315/7 "2017-08-22T19:54:45Z")

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I’m going to unfriend him then send a request pretending it was an accident. Then I’LL be No. 1000 and that bread toasting machine will be mine!