Friendship Quality Debate

Comments debate the nature, definition, and quality of friendships, often advising the original poster to get better or more reliable friends in response to experiences of unhelpfulness, betrayal, or mismatched expectations.

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Sample Comments

rjh29 Jan 7, 2026 View on HN

Get better friends! Not everybody does this.

j_s Sep 19, 2017 View on HN

Depends on your definition of "friend", for sure!

melvinmt Jul 6, 2015 View on HN

Unfortunately the "friendship" is not mutual :(

click170 Jul 16, 2011 View on HN

"fewer friends who aren't really friends", that's a feature ;)

HarryHirsch Jun 25, 2021 View on HN

That's baffling, haven't people got friends?

bifrost Jan 28, 2020 View on HN

You should probably get better friends sadly...

magic_beans Aug 3, 2017 View on HN

Maybe you need to work with non-friends.

blitzar Jul 21, 2022 View on HN

This is what you get for having friends.

x0054 May 25, 2015 View on HN

You might want to reconsider your friends.

noodle Jun 11, 2010 View on HN

why more useful for your friends?