Journal #11

"If you share my dislikes more than you share my likes, you are my friend."- Dipak Sen Gupta.

I like this one because I have realized this is so true. I mean I love people that share the same interests as me, but if the person and I hate the same things it seems to make an even bigger bond most of the time.
A lot of my friends and I hate the same things and it is always really funny when we talk about the things we hate and the experiences we have had with those things. The friends that I do have that don't really hate the same things as I do are still cool, but we tend to get into more arguments or things like that. It sometimes can get awkward if I say something like "I really don't like people like that" and then the other person disagrees. That just calls for an argument here and there. It seems that a mutual hatred with something brings people together. There are some people that I don't seem to get a long with or hang around with, but then if we find out we hate the same things it can bring us together. This usually happens during school. People sit next to other people they don't really talk to at school, but at some point if those people find out that they have similar dislikes it makes a bond between them. This is one of my favorite phenomenons to happen in school between people.

This may sound a little pessimistic, but it wasn't really meant to sound that way. I do try to find good things in every situation, but I also have a habit to look for the bad things too. Whatever way, this is meant to be lighthearted. I don't want people just talking about the things they hate all the time; that gets old and just is annoying. I just thought this aphorism was clever and relatable.