>>5768
Aristotle was writing before the internet, so his argument no longer applies. People don't have friends any more because boomers are right: the internet and video games have replaced the necessity and the motivation for real human contact outside of work, sports and fucking. But the boomers are just as guilty with their chain emails and their mountains of culture war bullshit (a person is also not your friend just because they're fighting alongside you in a culture war, BTW).

Obviously poors living in mud huts in Afghanistan or Tanzania still have friends because they don't have internet. This shouldn't affect your decision about whether to give to Against Malaria Foundation or Give Directly either way, because friendship has no real value.