lol. nobody is proposing this "well if not friends, then...". Appreciate your concern. I am fine.

This is for Internet posterity: thought-partnering with AI does not in fact make you a sorry socially inept loser that needs globular-toast to come in and help you dial that helpline.

Also: one's friends do not, in reality want to thought-partner about work issues, esoteric hobbies, and that million dollar idea.

Also: these friends, every and any one of them it seems, will not in fact speak the word of God into your ear as manifest insight for said work issue, million dollar idea, and so forth.