I met some long time friends for pizza and beer tonight and i thought it was a fun night but right before we parted ways the two of them held an intervention with me. They said i was bringing up "socialist stuff" too much and it was making them depressed. They said to keep the conversation exclusively to things like games and anime. That if i didnt stop they didnt want to be friends anymore. Have you guys/gals/nonbinary pals experienced something like this before?

    • curmudgeonthefrog [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'm thinking about the latter. They arent my only friends and I have others that I also talk about imperialism, socialism and organizing with. But these were some of my earliest friends. So it really hurt to hear that I they wanted me to change.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Seniority doesn't apply to friendship. If you're not making every conversation about socialism or whatever then it's possible you've just grown apart. It can suck but it happens.