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Call me Lenny/Leni ( shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee ) Banned to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

When you vet someone for whether you can be close friends with them, what's a seemingly unimpactful characteristic about someone that would instantly rule them out as a potential close friend for you?

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When you vet someone for whether you can be close friends with them, what's a seemingly unimpactful characteristic about someone that would instantly rule them out as a potential close friend for you?

Call me Lenny/Leni ( shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee ) Banned to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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        • CanadaPlus ( CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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          When somebody manages to actively be an asshole to random strangers they just met it’s actually kind of spectacular. Usually people can mask up at least a bit in public.

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    Being “vetted” by them…

    • CanadaPlus ( CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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      Maybe you don’t like the wording, but everyone does this. Unless you know if someone will be a close friend the moment you lay eyes on them, or are friends with literally everyone you’ve spent time with.

    • Riker_Maneuver ( Riker_Maneuver@startrek.website ) 
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      For real this seems like a major red flag.

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    lack of curiosity

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      That’s a big one. Also lack of hobbies or passions.

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    • Serious belief in pseudosciences
    • Conspiracy theorist
    • Right-wing ideology
    • Sex prude
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    • Belief in nonsense, such as astrology
    • Celebrity worship
    • Excessive social media usage, especially Twitter
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      you’re on lemmy

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      • redballooon ( redballooon@lemm.ee ) 
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        That would be really weird. There’s not enough content for excessive Lemmy usage.

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  • bomberesque1 ( bomberesque1@lemm.ee ) 
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    That they vetted me

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    Anyone who dislikes animals.

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    Inability to follow instructions. Lack of problem solving skills. No common sense.

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    Someone who identifies very closely with hustle & grind culture. Someone who claims a personal brand. Someone who kisses up and kicks down.

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    Refusing to participate in a civil discussion, but instead resorting to ad hominem (attacking the person not the argument) or refusing to consider the other sides argument. If they do this any minor dispute will escalate to a flame war.

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      You probably got machine-corrected, that’s ad hominem. But yes, not being able to handle an argument healthily is a big handicap in life

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        Thanks!

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    Doesn’t speak a language I know.

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    Unimpactful trait? I’d say if they put the toilet paper the wrong way, if you have to ask which way is the right way we can’t be friends. Also if they don’t return the shopping cart, instant way for me to lose respect for you.

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        Nope, I have cats and it’s still only one way. I’m sorry but we can’t be friends with that attitude.

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          Both have cats and have fostered cats. This person is right; there’s still only one correct way.

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      Oddly enough your rigity on this is why we could not be friends.

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    How they treat people who disagree with them politically. If they immediately hate/cut off people for political disagreements, we’re not going to be friends any deeper than surface level.

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    If they talk bad about other people, especially if you don’t know the would-be friend very well. If they’ll bad mouth other people to you they’re gonna bad mouth you to other people.

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