Call me Lenny/Leni to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agoWhen you vet someone for whether you can be close friends with them, what's a seemingly unimpactful characteristic about someone that would instantly rule them out as a potential close friend for you?message-square68fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down17
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWhen you vet someone for whether you can be close friends with them, what's a seemingly unimpactful characteristic about someone that would instantly rule them out as a potential close friend for you?Call me Lenny/Leni to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-square@redballooon@lemm.eelinkfedilink6•11 months ago“A” language, not “all” languages. The point being I can’t see how to become close friends without being able to talk to them.
minus-square@Squizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-1•11 months agoExactly which is why I asked for clarification. Your wording can be read as “I speak English and French but this guy speaks English and Spanish so I won’t get to know them because they don’t know a language that I do”
“A” language, not “all” languages. The point being I can’t see how to become close friends without being able to talk to them.
Exactly which is why I asked for clarification. Your wording can be read as “I speak English and French but this guy speaks English and Spanish so I won’t get to know them because they don’t know a language that I do”
That would be silly 🙃