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? (lemm.ee)

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[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

You're only friends with people who can speak the same multiple languages or someone who speaks the only language you know?

[-] redballooon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

“A” language, not “all” languages. The point being I can’t see how to become close friends without being able to talk to them.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Exactly which is why I asked for clarification. Your wording can be read as "I speak English and French but this guy speaks English and Spanish so I won't get to know them because they don't know a language that I do"

[-] redballooon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

That would be silly 🙃

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