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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes, that's kind off true. I don't lie to them about having their back, I lie to them about my opinion as I try to avoid conflict. I don't do it against my actual friends, just to people I'm forced to communicate with to function in society.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is the difference between your friends and your actual friends? Because I thought we were talking about your friends and I also thought that friends are actual friends.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I actually like and help some of my friends, who do respect me, but others, who act like my friends but actually just bully and gaslight me, I just use for my own benefit (usually by pretending to be fine with it). Those assholes could help you, without you having to have any obligations to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Using people for your benefit also makes you a bad friend, and a questionable person.

It's also a step down the road to advocating for slavery.

Doing something really immoral to a person who mistreats you while pretending to be their friends is not the right way to deal with such situations.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's true, but it doesn't change the fact they are an asshole. Also slavery is a bit of an extreme portrayal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

“They are an asshole” is not an excuse to use or exploit a person.