Hacker News with Generative AI: Friendship

Books on Making and Maintaining Friendships (scotthyoung.com)
As I write this, I’m wrapping up the sixth month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s focus is outreach—making and maintaining friendships. In this post, I’ll share lessons from the eight books I read on this topic. Next week, I’ll share my personal reflections on this month’s work.

Friendship, Self-Help, Books, Personal Development

77 points by sundarurfriend 9 days ago | 36 comments

What are the best online activities to do with friends remotely? (ycombinator.com)
Like the title says, my friends live pretty far so we don't often meet up given work and family schedules. What are some ways you kept in touch with your friends?

Remote Activities, Friendship, Socializing, Online Entertainment

14 points by baochicabowwow 42 days ago | 22 comments

Should more of us be moving to live near friends? (architecturaldigest.com)
25 years ago, Toby Rush and his friend group at Kansas State University received some valuable advice from elder mentors that would shape their entire adult lives.

Friendship, Lifestyle, Housing, Sociology, Community

621 points by Geekette 97 days ago | 487 comments

One way to fight loneliness: Germans call it a Stammtisch (npr.org)
Five years ago I was in Berlin for a few months, and my friend Michael invited me to a gathering of his beer aficionado friends at a neighborhood bar. It seemed like a typical bar hang — until one of the guys planted a little flag on the table: an insignia for their group.

Socialization, Germany, Culture, Friendship

350 points by geox 100 days ago | 271 comments

What should you do when a rich friend invites you on a holiday? (rnz.co.nz)
You know that free-spirited friend, the one with way more disposable income than you?

Friendship, Finances, Travel

3 points by colinprince 114 days ago | 3 comments

Faux Friendship (2009) (utne.com)
We live in an age when friendship has become both all and nothing at all.

Friendship, Society, Culture

10 points by botanicals6 117 days ago | 1 comments

Adventures with Jean (theamericanscholar.org)
Striking up a friendship with an older writer meant accepting the risk of getting hurt

Friendship, Writing, Literature, Personal Essays

9 points by lermontov 180 days ago | 3 comments

Hot Friend Compounds: The 'let's all buy a house together' dream, but real (sfstandard.com)
The ‘live near friends’ movement has morphed into Hot Friend Compounds.

Real Estate, Housing, Friendship, Community, Lifestyle

6 points by archagon 186 days ago | 0 comments

An Introvert's Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on Candid Connection (themarginalian.org)
Friendship is the sunshine of life — the quiet radiance that makes our lives not only livable but worth living.

Introversion, Friendship, Self-Help, Literature, Essays

13 points by herbertl 188 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Icebreaking AI. A free tool to help you find close friends (icebreakinglab.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Social Interaction, Tools, Friendship

52 points by SirAlex 210 days ago | 47 comments

Friend.com – The Virtual Friend (friend.com)

Social Media, Friendship, Artificial Intelligence

47 points by blackdogie 245 days ago | 37 comments

Friendship and Social Fitness (robkhenderson.com)

Friendship, Social Psychology, Personal Development

81 points by paulpauper 254 days ago | 26 comments

I gave myself a month to make one new friend (esquire.com)

Social Skills, Friendship, Personal Development

38 points by nickwritesit 257 days ago | 69 comments

Ask HN: Who Wants a Penpal? (ycombinator.com)

Community, Social, Communication, Friendship

121 points by sdsd 271 days ago | 94 comments