Thread:Buddyn32/@comment-31634903-20200815175823

I would delete all this crap but I feel like it wouldn't be, right... ya know? So here is a story:

One time in college a few years ago, someone sitting across from me was laughing at me, he was making fun of me for something stupid(If I recall correctly, it was because I didn't know what CPU was installed in my PC) in front of everyone else at the table. I had an issue with it, so I started to ramble a little bit explaining to him why what he was laughing about made no sense. Then something clicked in my head, and I'm not entirley sure what I said but suddenly one of the other kids sitting across from me paused for a moment and said:

"Hey, he actually has a fair point, maybe you should listen to him."

And just like that, the person who had just spent the past few minutes laughing at me, he instantly understood what was happening. It was like a sudden pulse of clairvoyance covering the entire table, formed from an intricate weave of vulnerability and rationality. In the wake of it all, we all ended up as close friends. By the end of the year, I was sad to see them go.

The difference between a friend and a stranger is that a stranger has no reason to believe that you are morally sound enough to defend your position. What I realized that day is that if you try hard enough, if you show that you actually care, they will either retreat in cowardice, or they will become your friend.

So all I can hope, is that maybe, just maybe, we can all suspend our disbelief and stop lying to ourselves for once and pretend like we are all friends? So that we don't have to be scared of being challenged? 