[vi] death is on my face

[unbiaseddeath]

Friends. I do not understand the need. I recently read an article on social psychology of American individuals. It was said that people are prone to join groups. It began as an evolutionary imperative, but now remains as a way to accomplish goals, gain prestige, and potentially to gain access to share resources. The cost, however, is a drain on your own time, energy, and resources as well as potentially conflicting views that you are expected to accept; 'norms,' they are called. Rules of how you are to behave as a part of this group. Most do not even acknowledge the concepts of deinviduation or groupthink, both such demeaning effects of group membership.

Tell me, then, why does one join a group? Why does one possess or gain friends?

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[redwaterfall.livejournal.com]

Usually it requires several years of absolute solitude, with no human interaction at all.

[unbiaseddeath.livejournal.com]

Then why does one desire friends specifically, beyond basic human interactions?

[redwaterfall.livejournal.com]

I think it's for the same reason many seek out fame. We wish for someone to remember us, think of us as important and meaningful.

[unbiaseddeath.livejournal.com]

You must never have been something greater than mortal.

[redwaterfall.livejournal.com]

No, sir. Born human, and I expect I shall die human as well. Though one can never really predict it seems.

[unbiaseddeath.livejournal.com]

When one is already greater than mortality, there is no need for importance or fame. One already has meaning.

[redwaterfall.livejournal.com]

Which is likely why you are so puzzled by the behavior.

[unbiaseddeath.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you are right. Do you have any solutions to offer?

They are officially roomies btw

[redwaterfall.livejournal.com]

"Grant me the serenity;
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage, to change the things I can;
And the wisdom, to know the difference."

Hoorah!

[unbiaseddeath.livejournal.com]

I accept this fact; I merely wish to understand why it is so.

[redwaterfall.livejournal.com]

Well, as I've explained, it is a human need. Unfortunately, we were just made in such a way that we need others with us, to love, to be loved by, to share with and so on.

[unbiaseddeath.livejournal.com]

And friendship provides this?

[redwaterfall.livejournal.com]

Most certainly.

[unbiaseddeath.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your insights.