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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It’s not so much about dating close friends, but about friends of friends—people you don’t necessarily know, but who are not strangers, on account of your shared mutual friend. A friendly introduction by your mutual puts you a billion steps ahead of the rando at the coffee shop awkwardly trying to start up a conversation with you.