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Define ‘real’.

world of warcraft thats where all mine are… i just cant get into the **** game tho.. is so freaking boring

That’s what I thought.

Alex, if you grant someone access to your pocket without any restrictions, they will reach out and empty your pocket.

The only ones who wouldn’t do that are the anti-materialitics, perhaps you’d find some in a monastery.

The problem isn’t with your friends, the problem is with what humans are, and the way you adjust to that fact.

well go out and make one!

Yes, I know. You wrote about it when you were drunk.

But that’s what I’m saying. Do those people have any motivation to become your friend? You care for that girl even though she acts like a complete ***** to you. She has no motivation to be nice to you because she knows you won’t kick her out either way.

I think I heard a story about that once, lemmie see if I can find it.

Once upon a time, there was a foolish traveler who had gone on a journey.
Why was he foolish? Well, because he was fooled by everyone he met!

“Please, some money for medicine…?”

Everywhere he went, people made up all kinds of sad stories to tell him, and the traveler fell for every one of them.

“I have a sick younger sister…”

“I don’t have money to buy seeds to plant in my fields.”

Pretty soon, his money, his clothes, even his shoes had been cheated away from him.

But the foolish traveler was always glad to help. And he always told the people the same thing.

He said: “I wish you happiness.”

But by this point, though, the traveler was completely naked, and with nothing left to cover himself, he decided to leave the main road and travel through the dense forest, where no one could see him…

But soon, he was discovered by the goblins that lived in the woods. The goblins wanted to eat the traveler’s body, so they begged and pleaded, and used
kind words to try and trick him… Of course, the traveler was fooled.

First, he let the goblins eat one of his legs. Then an arm. Then more and more… Before it was over, all that the traveler had left was his head. He’d even given his eyes away to the last of the goblins… And as that last goblin was eating the traveler’s eyes, he turned and said

“Thank you, traveler. In return, I leave you this present.”

What the goblin left was a slip of paper, with the word “fool” written on it. The traveler couldn’t see it. He didn’t know what it was. Even so, tears began to flow down his face.

“Thank you,” he said. “This is the first present anyone ever gave me. I’m so happy. I’m so happy. Thank you.”

Even without his eyes, he cried and cried, great tears of joy. Then, the traveler died, the smile still on his face.

“And that’s… the end of the story.
Is the traveler really foolish?”

I fear I’m just one of the many who would claim that statement to be true.

Real friends are hard to come by these days…There out there though…Eye contact is your answer…If you can’t hold eye contact while talking with a hopful friend you will have your answer…GOOD LUCK !!!

alex_man12345678 wrote:
I will go to the church

Yes you should go to church. That helps me. I also make nice friends there.

Cell wrote:

alex_man12345678 wrote:
I will go to the church

Yes you should go to church. That helps me. I also make nice friends there.

How many non-materialistic people are there in a church, on average, in your opinion?

Me? I don’t recall any of my friends asking me for money…

Donations?