my friends are stupid...like really stupid

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Originally Posted by Damien

oh i know. i have hundreds of acquaintances. associates...eh? seriously, im not sure i consider anyone i know an associate except maybe co-workers which sounds like a better term or by associate, a partner in crime so-to-speak. which, if it's that, then i got those as well.

but seriously, what the heck is an associate???

Here's the way it breaks down for me:

Close friends: The brothers I never had. Wouldn't hesitate to beat the living shit out of somebody posing harm to my mom or sister if I'm not around. They are obligated to help me move apartments.

Friends: Mostly people I hang out with when I'm away at school. Only known them for a few years but generally trust them almost at the same level as my close friends at home. They know they're on the list of people I'll call to help me move apartments.

Associates: People that hang out in the same crowd as me. I have their phone number, but they wouldn't be the first person I call to see whats hapening on the weekend. I probably would never hang out with them unless its with the group. If they have a large pickup truck, I'll probably call them when I'm moving apartments.

Acquaintances: I might have their phone number but I'd probably never call it. I run into them at parties etc and acknowledge their presence, perhaps even a short conversation. If I call them to help me move apartments, they would pretend they don't know me.

[beef_bourito]

sucks to be some of you. my friends are mostly pretty fine. most of them smoke mary, some of them very regularly. one of them does coke on occasion (he started this summer, he's done it about 4 or 5 times) smokes marijuana like most people smoke cigarettes, and smokes cigarettes more than most people (although he's trying to quit smoking and doing drugs since it's hard to balance that and engineering). one of my friends with whome i've lost contact went to jail for assault. other than that my friends are pretty good, none of them have died, they're all going to post secondary school of some sort (either college or university) so i'm not worried for them.

[ghostrx7]

i have about 10 friends ive known for 13 years. we are really all still close, and when we have a party, they are all there. none have died, and none have gone to secondary school, but we all have street smarts and have good jobs.

[stone_mound_camaro]

Originally Posted by ghostrx7

none have died, and none have gone to secondary school, but we all have street smarts and have good jobs.

wow..none have gone to high school? good luck...but anyway...i take the first situation as: hey thats life...its gritty and not perfect like hollywood says. a good 75% of the girls i know are pregnant or have kids. pretty much every one i know is a weed head/coke fiend or a drug dealer...marriage..haha..a LOT of my home boys have been to jail or still are. and..some have died...but..thats life..it sux

[ghostrx7]

most went through highschool, none to college...

[MonsterBengt]

Originally Posted by Moppie

Sounds like a list of reasons not to live in America.

Or a trailer park.

I know no one who deal drugs, i have no friends who know someone who deal drugs. I know no one who's ever done drugs. I have never seen drugs IRL, besides aspirin and stuff.

I know no one whos been killed by another person, nor someone who have killed another person. I know no one who own a gun, for other use than hunting/competing. I have never seen a gun outside a home/shooting range/shop.

Though i still think America is a better place to live.

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Originally Posted by MonsterBengt

I know no one who deal drugs, i have no friends who know someone who deal drugs. I know no one who's ever done drugs. I have never seen drugs IRL, besides aspirin and stuff.

I know no one whos been killed by another person, nor someone who have killed another person. I know no one who own a gun, for other use than hunting/competing. I have never seen a gun outside a home/shooting range/shop.

Though i still think America is a better place to live.

Should we infer from that that regardless of how f'ed up this country is, the opportunities outweigh the negatives? Or is it that the opportunities in Sweden aren't as attractive as the ones found here and you'd be willing to risk the exposure to all the crazy stuff that goes on here? So really my question is: Good America > Bad America OR Good America > Good Sweden (or other countries)

More on topic- Now that I think about it, until I went to college all the people I knew/know fell into the category of drug dealer/ uses drugs/ no college (and still none)/ killed somebody (only 2 people I regularly assiciate with)/ been killed (RIP Ron and Wayne). Now my circle of friends has a better profile

[vinnym86]

wow, that's too bad Ace. Be thankful you're still in a decent position in life opposed to your friends. Just asking, you ever try to change them?

[YogsVR4]

Holy crap - I'm almost 40 and I've had a lot of friends who've had kids, but none in their teens. I can think of only one that’s committed a crime worse then drunk driving.

Sounds like your choice in friends gravitates you towards, shall we say, the more unscrupulous?

[Oz]

Is it possible that your friends might be a touch conservative Yogs?

[240NIZ]

What a shame...

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by vinnym86

wow, that's too bad Ace. Be thankful you're still in a decent position in life opposed to your friends. Just asking, you ever try to change them?

The thing is, they were never really "bad kids" until they made the one mistake that got them into trouble.

[Damien]

Funny how there's always one kep point that started it all, whether major or minor, it's not like even as kids they were kleptos or something.

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Originally Posted by KustmAce

The thing is, they were never really "bad kids" until they made the one mistake that got them into trouble.

Sounds like me. I was for the most part a good kid. Most police contact I had was when a cop made me and my friends stop riding our bikes on the sidewalk.

Then I went and got in trouble in college for random crap and now I'm kinda screwed. But its still up to you whether or not you'll let it run you into the ground and turn you into a complete failure or you can try to learn and make yourself better. The second way is a lot more work, but the first way is a lot shittier.