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Invisibilia

The Friendship Season

Invisibilia

NPR

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Social Sciences, Science

4.622.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Friendship gets the Invisibilia treatment.

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0:00.0

So the pandemic has shifted many things, obviously,

0:03.2

including one relationship that doesn't typically get as much attention

0:07.0

are friendships.

0:11.0

Friendship is one of those relationships that doesn't have a lot of rules.

0:15.3

No scripts, no laws.

0:17.5

It's basically whatever you want it to be.

0:20.0

Friends, as an adult, it feels weird.

0:22.1

They're just too fake.

0:23.6

It's embarrassing, awful, nightmare thing.

0:26.0

Falling in love with my best friend.

0:27.7

I even joined a sorority.

0:30.1

I really want friends.

0:31.6

So this season, invisibility does friendship,

0:35.6

meaning lots of questions.

0:38.4

Like, what happens when you take away the ability to choose your friends?

0:42.0

And I say, well, how will we get to know each other if we can't talk?

0:45.6

Open your friends, just don't choose you.

0:48.2

Hi, I know we've been friends, but now we've both got a lot going on.

0:51.8

And so I think we should just end the friendship.

0:53.4

That's cool, if you'd like.

0:54.4

And why do we have these lines between sex and friendship?

0:57.2

I don't even think you got the second base.

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