Hard disagree. Online friends are easy to ditch. Real life friends are around wether you like it or not. That fact alone has huge repercussions.

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nly 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Presumably that depends on the context in which your 'real life' friends see you

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TFNA 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Real-life friends are ditching each other commonly these days, because the Block function on Whatsapp (or whatever app they use to communicate) seems so convenient and consequence-free.

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PeterStuer 16 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe I'm old school, but if you can erase someone from your life because you block them on an app, this probably was not 'real-life'?

	▲	TFNA 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In 2026, the way that friends who don't see each other at work/school arrange to meet and maintain that friendship, is via WhatsApp or the local equivalent.