The propagating influence of friendship
It is interesting to observe how people who hang out together (either physically, or logically) tend to embrace each other's quirks.
- One friend initiates her dialogs with "huhu"; her close friend uses the same line;
- One friend suddenly began using emoticons [after he met someone], something that wasn't a habit prior to that;
- Another friend began using a special set of emoticons [after he met someone];
You want to like new genres of music? You want to watch a new flavour of movies? You want to go to a new kind of places? A new operating system perhaps? :-)
If you wish to change something in your lifestyle, one of the easiest ways to do that is to meet new people. Friendships are so powerful, it's fascinating!
p.s. I wonder what happens to those who befriend me.
ceziceu — 2010-11-21 19:43
I wonder what happens to those who befriend me.
1. they tend to use programming slang :)
2. … (let other speak their mind)
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BUT, friend’s influence adds not only the good things you’ve listed above, but the bad one’s too and the principle is the same.
http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html