Fake Friends

We made it to a second episode (Not even we thought we'd make it this far). In today's Episode Ari and I talk about fake, or situational, friends... Are they good? Bad? Why do we have them? Is it Instagram culture, or just a rampant fear of loneliness. Listen to the podcast and maybe we'll answer your questions (We probably wont :)

sources cited:

Carmichael, Cheryl L., Harry T. Reis, and Paul R. Duberstein. “In Your 20s It’s Quantity, in Your 30s It’s Quality: The Prognostic Value of Social Activity across 30 Years of Adulthood.” Psychology and Aging 30, no. 1 (2015): 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000014.

Education, William Deresiewicz, From The Chronicle Of Higher. “Faux Friendship – Utne.” Accessed February 10, 2024. https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/faux-friendship-facebook/.

Weeks, Molly Stroud. “Gender, Loneliness, and Friendship Satisfaction in Early Adulthood: The Role of Friendship Features and Friendship Expectations,” 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10161/8076.

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