Many friendships have ended or changed during this time. Some have been torn apart by opposing political or pandemic views. Financial concerns would have slowly edged out others. And the friends who were really just acquaintances you mistook for meaningful, perhaps because the fun activities you did together created a veil of depth and enjoyment… well they’d be standing out pretty starkly when there’s just a zoom screen, and no hobby masking your blatant incongruity.

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