We all know that most people try and find friends that act like themselves. Well I think that that's only part of what we do. In my experiences with different social groups I think it's safe to say that my original statement is false. I will go into this soon, but what I want to say now (before anyone gets the wrong impression of me) is that I personally don't fit into any social group that I can think of.
One part of my philosophy towards friendship is that you don't go looking for someone like you. In fact you do the oposite. If you went to find people just like you, eventually the cycle would circulate to the point that EVERYONE would have the same interests and dreams. Let's say, you like cars and yard nomes. If you want to find someone with the same likings than you'll probably find that ONE person, 'just like you'. But what if you want more friends? What would you look for then? Someone with SIMILAR interests? But then you don't have that connection, right? Wrong! That slight diference actually strengthens your social acceptance (somthing most of us 'need') because you can now have more friends like him/her because you have accepted and, most likely, added his/her qualities to your own. Now, if you actually found more people like yourself than that limits your 'circle of friends' considerably.
The other part of my philosophy towards friends is the bond of differences in the relationships. Your friendship is only as strong as the differences in your personality. When you go to the mall, how often do you look at a couple or just two friends, and ask yourself why they're together? It's because they understand what I'm saying here. If you stick with guys that are just like yourself, you are not going to excel in anything spectacular, where if you have friends that have oposing opinions, you'll get tons more help achieving what you need.
Oww!!! Ummm.... I'll finish this later, I have to get off the computer. My dad's girlfriend's getting all offensive of me still being awake and stuff.
Capt. over and out!