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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW
However, isn't any type of organization that you join, be it for sporting, hobby, or any other activity all the same thing? It can all be reduced to paying for friends.
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Are you still paying for friends if you host a party at your own house with your random friends you invite over? The answer is yes, its all just a matter of semantics.
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Respectfully disagree. I think when people say "paying for friends", they mean that one has to spend money to get friends that one otherwise wouldn't have if one didn't spend the money, i.e. money is the sole cause of the "friendship". There's also an intent element, meaning: "I
want to be friends with X, Y, and Z, and the only way I can be friends with them is to pay money, so I will do so".
Paying money to host a party is completely different because they were already friends, and would probably still be friends even if you didn't host the party at all.