Question of the Day

[ayoub]

How do you decide who to make friends with?

Comments

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

I get my specially trained stealth mosquito to draw blood from the subject in order to run a comparative DNA analysis against The Master Madness (or He Who Must Make You Laugh Out Of Need). If selected proteins are within certain percentages of matching the established controls, then we can be friends. If not, then the subject is euthanized, and the tissue samples are separated into different lots and stored in a liquid helium facility located 500m beneath the CERN physics lab for further research. The subject is replaced with a protein-based simulacrum immediately. Currently, there are 471 simulacra, of which only 6 have failed. It is projected that by the end of this year there will be 511 simulacra.

This process is triggered with the vocal command: "Hi! I'm Ron. Good to meet you."

[l-nephthys-l.livejournal.com]

*giggles* You are too cool Ron! ;)

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

Thanks, El. You know me: too many experiments with mercury and lead fondue gone right ("Why I don't even taste it!"). *LOL*

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

It's instinctive. Either I will or I won't. There's no middle ground.

[wingswithwar.livejournal.com]

I think I keep the door open and the rest is a process. I don't think I actually decide who I make friends with, I think I decide more who I'm NOT going to be friends with. And those have a lot to do with red flags.

[kabandra.livejournal.com]

I go to a really social school and people kind of enter and exit my life. I enjoy it immensely. The more I happen to pass someone and get to know them, the more I share, and the more shared, the closer we become. It's nice actually. My close friends are those I trust because of experience with them and my normal friends are those whose company I enjoy but who I may not share everything with yet.

Only once has my trust really been let down...

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

Observation, intuition and good old fashioned street smarts.  Not necessarily in that order, but always a combination of those three.

[mai-ling.livejournal.com]

connection and commonality.

[kosta-pasta.livejournal.com]

feel

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

I just let it occur; either it happens or it doesn't.

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

*applaudes*

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)
Your mosquitos made me giggle.

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

Excellent! You, too, shall be spared. The results have arrived: No simulacrum for you. You may continue with your daily routine as you like.

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

I just let people be themselves. The ones that mesh will do so naturally, the others will wander away. And the bad elements usually out themselves pretty quickly - all you have to do is not pay attention to them.

[alainn-mactire.livejournal.com]

Usually by gut feeling. I don't have middle ground, I either like people or don't. But then, I have a very small circle of people I'm close to. Not many people get past the outer mask. :)

[pi-girl.livejournal.com]

I just try to be friends with everyone until they either stop talking to me, are mean, or annoy me to no end.

[l-nephthys-l.livejournal.com]

I am lucky, I have been pretty lucky with the friends I have. Most times I tend to watch someone for a while. See how they interact with others, see how they feel about life in general and just 'read between the lines' of the things they say or write. Then after a time I start to really talk with them.

Other times someone just pops up and for whatever reason we become instant friends.

As I said, I've been fairly lucky. Perhaps it's my intuition or suspiciousness that makes it thus. I am not too sure.

[mousie.livejournal.com]

I am open to meeting new friends... anytime.. however I have a certain point I don't go past with anyone, till I can trust them.. and ANYYYYY SIGN of game playing or manipulation, they are outta here..

[avis-noctis.livejournal.com]

In the broadest sense, I base it on an indefinable personal connection. This is what creates a general attraction for me, which is only one component of friendship. But whether I consciously "decide" whether to socialize with that person is also based on their character and whether or not we have anything in common (in whatever sense you want). I may still really like a person even if, as far as lifestyle, interests, etc. go, we have nothing really in common. But I probably won't actively pursue that person in a more intellectual way.

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty easy going and laid back. I'm open to anyone who wishes to be friends. If we click then I've made a new friend and if we don't click then unfortunately I won't make an effort or go out of my way to stay in touch. I'll talk and be civil and friendly but it won't be a close friendship.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That click is a great thing!