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MrMind comments on Stupid questions thread, October 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MrMind 15 October 2015 07:53:50AM 1 point [-]

Clearly some commonality of value and at least a shared interest, but also, after some negative experiences of friends crashing at my house uninvited, a high degree of independence.

I usually meet new friends when attending at new hobbies, so the first two are easily checked, but I remain on the fences for the third trait for some months before lowering my guard...