Communication frequency and relationship progressionFriend zone stratification theoryMeme-sending as romantic escalation

How to Get Out of the Friend Zone 🤔

Nov 17, 2023 · 0:25

Summary

A meme is sex," declares an anonymous rider who's developed a whole theory about friendship zones. According to this straphanger, there's a friend iceberg where surface-level check-ins about work keep you safe. But the danger zone? That's when you're texting every other day. Once the memes start flowing, you've crossed a line. Kareem listens as his companion explains the precarious layers of modern platonic relationships, where communication frequency matters more than what you actually say.

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The minute you start sending memes, you're out of the friend zone. A meme is sex. Maybe there's a friend—um, like iceberg.

And like, if you're kind of up here on the iceberg of friends, where you like talk every couple weeks and you kind of talk about work and you're on the surface level of the iceberg, that's a safe zone. But as soon as you get to the place where you're like talking every other day, that's no—the minute.

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