Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year 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-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down16
arrow-up160arrow-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@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareredballooon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year 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-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year 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 🙃