I have a great idea! A way to get all my friends on the same page with this comic!
FOR EXAMPLE: let's say you're a friend of friends. Then you come over for dinner and I ask you to pretend like you don't know your friend. You're totally not my friend, right? But... you're looking forward to your friend's company, so here's your excuse.
...Wait, you're not my friend! You're a stranger!
So we get people dinner and you're coming over for dinner?
No!
Well, you're coming over for dinner, and then you come over for dinner for me. And then you whip up a whole new friendship! You're my friend, right?
I -
"You're a stranger, myself, who I find delightful."
"But remember when you were dating someone else? WE'LL PARTY ON."
"You were with someone else, yes? WE'LL PARTY ON."
"That is someone else, and I - okay, wow, that's a lot of other people on the same page."
"I think everyone is inherently valuable, whatever that means."
"And yet, I do like someone who tells interesting stories and who truly believes in themselves and in their abilities as a person."
"RAW ORANGE IS THE WORD"
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Hah! SANGING DOCTRINE!