I've never, ever seen a shallow friendship turn into a deep friendship. OTOH you might meet someone to date.

jungturk 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Plenty of my former coworkers have evolved into lifelong substantial friendships.

What started with smalltalk evolved into conversations over lunch which then afforded after work socializing which then led to actively scheduling time for shared interests. All of those provided ample opportunity to learn almost everything about that person and open the door to a deep friendship when mutually desired.

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OkayPhysicist 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you never made a deep friendship? How else would anybody make deep friendships? First you do things that let you meet people, then you make acquaintances, then you make setting-specific friends (work friends, gym buddies, etc), then you start inviting/being invited to do things that aren't based around that shared setting, and then you have friendships.

Either that or your definition of deep friendship is substantially off.

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alecco 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Most of my deep friendships were through friends and family. A handful at work/school. And it is the same way for most people I know. But I'm not American, so that's that.

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OkayPhysicist 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Making friends through work and school are pretty much exactly what I described. You go to a place with people, you meet a lot of people, and some of the shallow acquaintances end up becoming long term friends.

	▲	alecco an hour ago \| parent [-]
		>>>>>>> "Not for everyone but if you can, get a dog." Your original comment.