I think if you could text them and start a conversation about something that isn't important and you've known them for at least a week, they're a friend.

Aquaintances I think you only really talk to when you're around them at work/wherever you see them. And you can't really call someone you JUST met yesterday a friend, after a week you'll probably be casual friends at least.

>>34081393
Men don’t acknowledge each other as friends verbally, it doesn’t need to be said, we just know it and always will. The sound of rain doesn't need a translation, and so neither does male brotherhood. It goes without saying, it is what it is, it be like that, simple as etc etc.

A lot of people that I've talked to say they have friends, but those friends most often seem like circumstantial acquaintances to me. I know because I used to have friends.

>>34081393
>"are we friends?"
>"yes"
not your friend
>"are we friends?"
>"no", "faggot", "trying to fuck?"
friends
tho id be offended if someone asked if we are friends and i behave like an apprehensive stray dog.

>>34081393
If this person's name showed up on my caller id right now would I answer even if I don't know why they're calling?
If they mentioned they were having a problem would I volunteer to help or just give condolences?
Would I trust them with a secret?
There's no hard and fast rule it's just vibes. Which is why everyone's definition is different.

>>34081393
Will they lend you money

why are people on this board obsessed with discovering the exact parameters by which they can label and classify interpersonal interactions? just be normal stop killing the vibe

>>34082196
autism, unironically its because of autism. autists require step by step instructions on everything, like a laundry list of tasks and rules. And friendship and dating has unwritten rules and it drives them insane because no one ever wrote it down

>>34082203
Well that's just fucking tough shit
Maybe they should have spent less time on their computers growing up and see what that did for them

>>34082210
>Maybe they should have spent less time on their computers growing up and see what that did for them
They tried but it didn’t stick. This is because their nervous systems are fried to shit and all five of their senses are too sensitive and it causes permanent bodily anxiety that never ends and never will until death. So they could not actually integrate or truly learn any of the social cues or experiences growing up, it was too neurologically painful. So they stayed home to socialise online instead.

>>34082203
did you even read the fucking thread?

>>34081393
You just take friendship. Hang out, escalate, etc. Find ways to bond.

>>34082221
>BAAWWWW TOO HAWWWD
This is why my wife and I put our kid in daycare from the beginning so she wouldn't turn out like her parents
By the time she was old enough to be in school she wasn't some autistic piece of shit who had to fight their way out of that like us

>>34082326
I went to daycare and was in social hobbies like team sports and shit sincei was 4 years old and i still ended up a kissless friebdless virgin because all that "socialising" did was get me horribly bullied everywhere. Sports? Bullied. Music school? Bullied? Normal school? Bullied. Though i did skip a grade ahead because i was le super intelligent so everyone around me was 2 years older than me and i was always the smallest guy up until i hit a growth spurt at 13 and grew to 6'4, by then i was a neurotic shy mess