# What exactly happens when you "friend" someone here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 29, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421 "2011-11-29T04:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/21 "2011-11-30T02:08:37Z")
This is what happens: _friends Leaffan_. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/22 "2011-11-30T02:50:41Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > This is what happens: _friends Leaffan_. Golly **Floaty**. I’m humbled by your request: my very first. I hope my acceptance went through OK. If I’m not mistaken, we potentially have acquaintances in Eastern Ontario, no? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/23 "2011-11-30T03:04:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Golly **Floaty**. I’m humbled by your request: my very first. I hope my acceptance went through OK. > > If I’m not mistaken, we potentially have acquaintances in Eastern Ontario, no? Friend request went through A-OK! As to the potential acquaintance - I know nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/24 "2011-11-30T03:09:06Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Friend request went through A-OK! > > As to the potential acquaintance - I know nothing! OK Sgt. Schultz. I hear ya’. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/25 "2011-11-30T03:27:38Z")
They have to give you a tv… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/26 "2011-12-02T15:56:37Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Yeah, ok. That was over the top. > > Skald would hunt down the same kid in every alternate dimension just to get all of them. Actually Skald wouldn’t countenance harming a child even as a joke. I checked with Aslan to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/27 "2011-12-02T20:27:09Z")
It also means you have to help them move and drive them to the airport when the occasion arises. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/28 "2011-12-02T20:39:51Z")
If someone friends you here, their posts become reality in your life. For instance, if you become friends with me, you will develop tonsil stones: [Tonsil Stones (not for the squeemish) - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632256) Maybe that’s why my friends list is not exactly overflowing… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/29 "2011-12-02T20:39:58Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > It also means you have to help them move and drive them to the airport when the occasion arises. To watch the planes take off on the conveyor belts. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/30 "2011-12-03T00:07:38Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > It also means you have to help them move and drive them to the airport when the occasion arises. Hide bodies? Do I have to help hide bodies? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/31 "2011-12-03T00:47:08Z")
I friended somebody here once. Because of that I have to take Valtrex for the rest of my life. All my free time is now spent kayaking, rock climbing, mountain biking, and horseback riding on the beach. Don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/32 "2011-12-03T01:05:26Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Because of that I have to take Valtrex for the rest of my life. What are you birching about? [She is cool!](http://www.reocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/2022/valkris1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/33 "2011-12-03T09:47:25Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > To watch the planes take off on the conveyor belts. Sadly no, since the conveyors are only for the Arrivals. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hide bodies? > Do I have to help hide bodies? Can I answer this after I request your friendship? Also – HOW DO I GET THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/34 "2011-12-03T13:32:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hide bodies? > Do I have to help hide bodies? Of course not. Friends help you move. REAL friends are the ones who help you move bodies. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/35 "2011-12-03T16:29:28Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Sadly no, since the conveyors are only for the Arrivals. > > Can I answer this after I request your friendship? Also – HOW DO I GET THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS!!! Do I know you? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/36 "2011-12-03T18:06:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Do I know you? That depends… Are you a cop? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421/37 "2011-12-03T21:17:15Z")
> [@Sally\_Mander](#): > > Of course not. Friends help you move. REAL friends are the ones who help you move bodies. And real real good friends make the bodies disappear, permanent-like if you know what I mean. Just don’t let them do it in your backyard. You can’t ever get the cabbage smell out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421.md?page=1)