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That "those activities are not actually status lowering" is certainly a potential explanation of what you observe, although it raises the question of why you (and so many others, it seems) interpret them to be. There are doubtless other explanations, however; off the top of my head: "having higher status for other reasons, the friends in question feel more able to engage in status lowering acts."
I agree that being "approachable" might play in the dynamic, too. Needing help may attract others who can thereby raise their own status by helping you.
I remember reading that getting someone to help you is a better way to make friends with them than helping them. (Although this may be due to consistency effects.)