Do you really? Is it possible to have friends if you are not rich and/or powerful?
Sure it is. I have a few, and am not rich or powerful. I could go out and get some more too, but I am lazy and generally find my own company to be good enough. Then there are the dozens of other ‘quasi-friends’ that linger on in my MSN list…
James
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oh c’mon, what a stupid question, of course we do, and great ones too! 
i love people, almost as much as they love me…
Through b-ball and school and my roommates… I have so many friggin friends.
That’s partly why I come on here so much.
I’m not rich but I may be powerful. It’s a little hard to tell when you live in a liberal democracy full of morons…
Yes, I have friends. Never been one to be friends with a lot of people, though…
“A friend to all is a friend to no one.”
-German Proverb
In a materialistic society, where you are no more valuable than the clothes you wear or than your bank account, friendship is a luxury. Where can we find a man who respects us for what we “are”, not for what we can do for him? We are accustomed to look at people as no more than objects , liable to be used and re-used every time we can take some advantage of them. I would like to have a real friend (I haven’t), but when I think that he might be my friend just because he waits something I can’t give him, I give it up.
No friends. No friends at all. Unhappily, life is a terrible experience for us to face it always alone.
Vermillion: “Doc, you ought to be in bed. What the Hell you going this for anyway?”
Doc Holliday: “Wyatt Earp is my friend.”
Vermillion: “Hell, I got lots of friends.”
Doc Holliday: “…I don’t.”
I know I have at least two, good friends… and that is a pleasant thought.
I am seriously getting annoyed at PG’s constant strem of pointless questions. When you confront her about it she shouts back: JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION. As if she is the master of all questions. Somebody please tell her to shut it.
Anyway, to answer your question. Friends, ha. Who needs friends? They only distract you and bring you down.
But seriously, everyone has friends. Even if they are the people you only see once a year. They are friends if you get a long and everyone is capable with getting a long with another person. Even you PG, it sounds unbelievable I know.
Friends are necessary to some degree. I personally feel that friends are necessary because some level of human-to-human communication is necesary.
I guess it really depends on how specifically you define, “friend” as being. If this forum counts, then you are all my “friends”, since you all provide me with the ability to communicate with other people.
Otherwise, I don’t really have any other friends that I see (in person) on a regular basis. I’m just so busy now with school and work.
On an unrelated note:
PhilosophyGirl: I honestly you no harm, but it would indeed be nice if you did your part, to keep the “Mundane Babble” from becoming even more mundane. I’m not here to critque you on how much you know, our how “philosophical” your posts are (believe me: I know how it feels). But a little less giggling and idle chatter in the Mundane Babble would be nice.
My biggest gripe is that your constant stream of new threads keeps “pushing” everyone else’s threads down the front page of this board. This, in turn, makes it difficult for one to keep track of specific topics.
No offense meant. really. 
But seriously, everyone has friends. Even if they are the people you only see once a year. They are friends if you get a long and everyone is capable with getting a long with another person. Even you PG, it sounds unbelievable I know.
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Hello F(r)iends,
There are some books which I consider my friends. Some of my best friends are books. Not what you think here, though. No, not pretentious books, philosophy books, strong message books. Those are my teachers. But books that strangely hit a chord in me. One of them is Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin. I loved that book. Another is L’Etranger, by Camus. Now I’m reading Kant and it’s really southing… transgressing…
I have a ceramic skull on my desk. He’s a good friend.
I have a notebook which I use as journal and easel for different thoughts and ideas. I read from it sometimes, as it’s always nice to have something brilliant to read.
Led Zeppelin is my friend.
ILP is my friend.
I also have some human friends.
The after-school noon nap is a good advisor.
How often do those friends remain when that power and money is gone? I would be a bit suspicious, and question the sincerity of a friend to a rich and powerful man.
Those who I can call my friends are only a few. Specifically three fellas that I have known since my teens. Other people that I had befriended have moved and/or gone their seperate ways. And although these three friends remain, the bond isn’t as strong as it was, as we all have changed. What keeps us together is our love and practice of music. Other than that, we are really quite different.
While I became philosophical, they remained bourgeois. While I remained skeptical of marriage, they married haphazardously. While I considered child rearing to be extremely important and sacred, they had children accidentally and with little reserve.
These three things are marks against them and I have less respect for them because of it.
Age has everything to do with it also. Thirty is the awkward spot in life, as far as relationships are concerned. That point is usually where old relationships are absolved by old friends splitting up, and where new ones have the potential to evolve through career, which is what the majority of time is spent doing.
I am sentimental and would rather keep the same friends through life rather than have to make new ones. Besides, a good friendship worthy of the title needs at least ten years in it. You can’t be someone’s friend until you are able to spend an hour with them reviewing all the things you’ve done together: “remember that time we…?” “Yeah, that was the shit.”
I have only a few close friends. But I have a boat loads of friends/associates/people who are vaguely known more like scenery…
I often worry i am too friendly…i am very gregarious…and moe often than not…i’ll talk to a random stranger as candidly ass possible…i’ll join a party and not hesitate to be civil, communicative and jolly…sometimes I think people are far too cynical to be ‘sincerely friendly with strangers’ I hope I’m not. I’ll will it.
Do you think it’s possible?
Yes and yes. My god, the gimmick continues.
As Attell once said:
A friend will help you move.
A best friend will help you move… a body.
Friendship is important.
I think it is very rare and difficult to have friends without money or looks or power.
Crap, I’ll have to inform all of my friends that they are not really my friends.
Please go back to whatever gimmick spawned you. Ask something relevant please.
I think that it’s hard to have friends if you don’t have something to offer. This gives you a certain empowerment. So… certain traits will attract more friennds, like being funny… or very suave, or very rich. But almost everyone has the capacity to relate to certain objects, exchange ideas and emotions. Everyone has the ability to simply be present.
So I disagree with this assertion on the grounds that it’s simply quite rare to simply be a hideous socical reject with absolutely no people skills or dominant traits of any kind, incapable of making friends. You have to remember, almost everyone prefers to engage in communication and real life activities with other people which means that every type of personality out there has other personalities that relate and are compatible.
It’s important not to confuse an inability to make friends with certain people, with an inability to make friends period. Although it may seem different at your age, money looks and power are all illusions. You could probably dig up some deep dark secret about the local bitch at your school and gain a ‘power’ over her, but that doesn’t mean she’s going to be your friend. I know it’s hard at your age, but ask yourself if you think any of the other kids feel any less confused than you do. It’s herd mentality, you’d be surprised how similar most people are to yourself when you get them away from the pressure to be ‘normal’, aka all the other people.