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@fmf saidMaybe because what is called a "buddy" in that particular case is really an unwilling "guide" forced to help someone else (which seems to contrast with other nearby East Asian cultures) -- and perhaps people over there are as selfish and atomized socially as they seem to be over here?
When new exchange students from overseas arrive at a university here they are assigned a "buddy" ~ a local student here in their third semester ~ who shows them around and answers questions on their first day. After that, they usually hardly ever run into each other again as they attend different lectures.
The post that was quoted here has been removedHis heart is made of the finest of Cantabridgian stone.
Of course I also wonder if @reservation247 is yet another sock-puppet of @divegeester, and these two are just playing out a script that @FMF has written.
@ponderable saidWhat would be an example of such "central values"?
Maybe the point in friendship is even if one or a few values are not aligned, it can be sustained if the central values coincide?
