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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Thursday December 31 2020, @12:55AM (7 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Thursday December 31 2020, @12:55AM (#1093065) Homepage
    Indeed, now is a time for cooperation and support.

    One of the things that told me I had a really great friend here in this once-foreign country (I knew basically no-one here when I moved, it was rather tabula rasa) was when I messaged him something like "Oh, shit, I proper fucked up", and his instantanious reponse wasn't "what did you do?", or laddish jokes about whether my partner had found out about something, but simply "how can I help?". My wellbeing got a huge boost, no matter what troubles had beset me.
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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Thursday December 31 2020, @03:51AM (6 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Thursday December 31 2020, @03:51AM (#1093106) Journal

    Hard times can be good times, as they provide people a chance to do good. At least that's what I keep saying.

    Then again, I'm probably full of shit thinking that. Maybe. Who knows? The world is f'ed up, news at 11.

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by mrpg on Thursday December 31 2020, @05:25AM (5 children)

      by mrpg (5708) Subscriber Badge <reversethis-{gro ... yos} {ta} {gprm}> on Thursday December 31 2020, @05:25AM (#1093125) Homepage

      The good thing is that you find out who are your real friends and who are just acquaintances.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 31 2020, @08:48AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 31 2020, @08:48AM (#1093144)

        <sarcasm>Wait a minute. Y'all had real friends?</sarcasm>

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 31 2020, @04:39PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 31 2020, @04:39PM (#1093288)

          "A friend is someone you need."

          - Neil Diamond in Heartlight

          Turn on your heartlight. And I'll call the next time I need anything from you.

      • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Friday January 01 2021, @06:04AM (1 child)

        by DECbot (832) on Friday January 01 2021, @06:04AM (#1093518) Journal

        Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
        - Murphy's Law

        Q: What do you call a friend that you can't get rid of no matter what you do?
        A: Family.

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        • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday January 13 2021, @06:57PM

          by Freeman (732) on Wednesday January 13 2021, @06:57PM (#1099540) Journal

          The same is true, if they weren't family to begin with.

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      • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday January 27 2021, @11:46AM

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday January 27 2021, @11:46AM (#1105412)

        This is one of the good things I see coming from such a bizarrely conceived failed coup attempt in the U.S.

        I respect their right to feel as they do and I encourage them to continue screaming at the top of their lungs "I BELIEVE THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN."

        It's good to know where people stand.

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