A Snakewall on Feelings and Values and Friendship that you probably shouldn't read

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by rpgdemon

In the case of your eight friends? If they're all misogynistic jerks, that's completely different, and you really shouldn't hang around with them, and you're making the totally right call here. You're not missing THEM, you miss the acceptance, confidence, and friendship that you had, that they happened to be involved in. It's the same way that I look at breakups: It's not the person you're missing, because it turned out things were not good between you, to the point where you had to break up. It's that feeling of being with someone that you miss, and the only way to get that back is to stop pining for the person who you don't get that feeling with, and look for a place where you can get it.

In this case, don't worry about your jerk "friends". They're not what you miss. You miss a community, and you have one, Snake. You have a lot of friends on here who actually care about you. You might not care about many people here, for whatever reasons, and okay, but there are still some people you actually like. And, the majority of people here are actually good people who care about others, despite what the arguments that crop up would have you think. They might not always be the most informed, or do the best at helping others, but they at least care, which ought to count for a lot.

Welp.
If last night was an academic dissertation, my supposedly "clever" attempt to compare old friends to the cast of Persona 4 would have gotten a failing grade, I see.