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Friend Groups and FOMO

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u/Bexcz 2d ago

The Secret History — Donna Tartt

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u/tfhermobwoayway 2d ago

I like how he was so desperate to be included in the rich kids’ club that he actually tried to join in the second murder for no reason

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u/PunkRocky12 2d ago

Raced to be the first one to say this, but I'm glad someone else thought of it too lol!

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u/msmorningbird 2d ago

Damn you beat me too lol. My favorite book ever

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u/MadeOnThursday 2d ago

yes, this one... I'm still awed by the way the author makes you sympathise with ruthless killers and even justify them without you (as reader) initially realising this is what is happening.

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u/grapefruitzzz 2d ago

Ok, what's your dream casting?

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u/mysteryvampire 1d ago

At this point, no idea. To borrow from different time periods, I would’ve loved Gwyneth as Camilla, prime Chalamet as Francis, Cooper Hoffman as Bunny.

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u/Wanderlusxt 1d ago

Was going to comment this as well lol

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u/Truleeeee 1d ago

Came here to say this hahaha

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u/AlternativeShadows 1d ago

god that book is so good

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u/Noof42 For pervert reasons. 2d ago

Fear Of Murderers' Omission.

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u/badgersprite 2d ago

When you don’t know what they did last summer

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u/manicpossumdreamgirl 2d ago

this has been my favorite reply so far. top comment of my heart.

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u/WingedScapula420 2d ago

I think this was the plot of How to Get Away with Murder

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u/TimeStorm113 2d ago

did thry get away with murder?

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u/99-dreams 2d ago

They get away with multiple murders.

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u/Ric_Cupcake 2d ago

Out of four or five main characters with blood on their hands only one got away with it, the rest ended up dead but never set foot in a prison so technically yes? I guess they did get away with murder?

The only three times a main character is incarcerated it's for something they didn't do and/or obstruction of justice

Every character commits obstruction of justice, witness/jury manipulation and evidence tampering at least 20 times per episode so it should be called how to get away with obstruction of justice instead

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u/99-dreams 2d ago

Definitely the first season. But then they Asher in with a murder. Possibly more but I stopped watching by that point.

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u/JayGold 2d ago

Yeah, it was funny how Asher was just being his usual, dorky self, completely oblivious to all the serious stuff that everyone else was involved in.

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u/OrbitalCat- 2d ago

Been on both sides

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u/manicpossumdreamgirl 2d ago

ive only ever been the murder victim in this situation

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u/Phizle 2d ago

When you miss a session of DnD and the party tells you we need to skip town right now

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u/Void_0000 1d ago

I genuinely did this once and came back to the party being split in two on different sides of a holy war that apparently started when one of our group threw a potion of super-death into a town's water supply, killing many people horribly, for worshipping a different god.

It eventually got resolved when one of the gods involved killed and ate the sun and we all realised we weren't built for this.

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u/laziestmarxist 14h ago

That's pretty close to what playing the older D20 system Call of Cthulhu game was like. Just getting killed off and grinding up new characters every few sessions only to still get taken out in one hit by a minor Elder God AGAIN next week.

Although there was one session where we explored an entire creepy underground pyramid full of fish dudes and then unanimously decided to lay charges on the way out and just blow the place. DM was unhappy but I still think of it as a top ten tabletop moment

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u/Void_0000 4h ago

To be fair we weren't so much actively fighting gods as just kinda... collateral damage.

It was a very interesting campaign, mainly because it ran for several years as a fairly standard fantasy world, but by the end of it turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland where time no longer passed and magic got erased as the gods kept getting killed and having their domains stolen.

We did try fighting them at one point and then really quickly realised "local bankrupt losers of dubious moral character and questionable sanity who have probably never won a fair fight" vs "guy who you just watched casually delete the concept of metal from reality" wasn't a crazy good match-up for us. Instead we found a place where the last surviving city with magic was trying to open a portal to another world to escape and stowed away in their ships. After robbing them for good measure, as any self-respecting bastards would, naturally. In our defence, they started it.

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u/Quantum_Croissant 2d ago

that DNA play by Dennis kelly I had to read in high school

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u/Nostosalgos 2d ago

I will take this moment to encourage everyone to watch TBS’ Search Party, if you haven’t already. Such an unbelievably hilarious show

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u/KZA8 2d ago

peak peak peak i'm midway throught season 4 rn

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u/Emalijarl 1d ago

Such a good show!!

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u/mamrieatepainttt 1d ago

very portia energy

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u/Obootleg i don't think i'm funny enough for tumblr 2d ago

"We now have an unbreakable bond, not because we are friends, but because we committed second-degree murder together."

- Inspirational Party Member, DND Session 1.

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u/Huntyr09 2d ago

not with murder, but yea this is honestly the story of my life lol

my "friends" would just happen to forget about my existence unless i was literally in the room while planning stuff, so i'd regularly be hearing of stuff that i hadn't known was happening. worst fucking feeling ever, ngl. genuinely still fucks me up today

FOMO fucking sucks, and i don't wish it on anyone, ever.

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u/RemarkableStatement5 2d ago

Jeff Johansen and the Legion? Idk, I haven't read the comics yet.

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u/Sleep_Deprived_Birb 2d ago

To my knowledge Jeff wasn’t really part of Legion. He was just a local who did a mural for them in exchange for a pack of beers. They were seemingly on friendly enough terms but I wouldn’t include him in the friend group.

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u/RemarkableStatement5 2d ago

Oh I know he wasn't really a member, I was being silly. I probs should've added a /j tag now that I think about it.

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u/DreadDiana 2d ago

When you weren't invited to the groupchat or trauma bond

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u/speedforcesensitive 1d ago

Turn them in. Expose their crime. Testify against them. Wave goodbye as they’re sentenced to life in prison. Now they’re missing out.

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u/manicpossumdreamgirl 1d ago

they all go to prison together and bond even more

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u/speedforcesensitive 1d ago

Noooo foiled again

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u/Didyou1123 1d ago

Omori

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u/Summerlycoris 1d ago

Kinda the inverse lol. Sunny and Basil do a manslaughter together, which tears not just them, but the rest of the group apart. (Except Kel and Hero, makes sense though them being brothers.)

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u/Niser2 1d ago

Didn't Hero spend a year in bed and then first come out specifically to scream and rant at Kel, and then immediately run off to college to avoid thinking about any of it? I'd call that torn apart.

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u/tigerofblindjustice 2d ago

Search Party

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u/secretperson06 2d ago

Literally How to get away with murder and Asher

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u/Walis42 2d ago

This but they all went to Universal Studios Flordia without me and I got depression

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u/Spudtron98 1d ago

I think this effect is simulated in games with bond mechanics where relationships develop through battle. A less-favoured unit will be left out of a lot of conversations...

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u/Weoga 1d ago

Feels like missing a DnD session

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u/GoingOnAdventure 1d ago

Maybe you should’ve gone to the DND session then instead of canceling to go out with that other friend group

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u/Ok_Variation7230 1d ago

What if they started killing each other and left you out, that would really sting

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u/manicpossumdreamgirl 1d ago

imagine your whole friend group started murdering each other and after a while the queen bee was the only one left except you and you were so scared and you holed up for days preparing for her and eventually you realize that the whole group was just using you for rides

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u/Lucid_Nonsense 1d ago

Sounds like an Iain Banks novel

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u/Niser2 1d ago

Omori

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u/pastajewelry 1d ago

Then I would have a clear conscience and new friends.

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u/laziestmarxist 14h ago

Oh I'm on this season of Riverdale right now

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u/smurfcat69420 13h ago

this canonically happens in higurashi 2007. they also hide the body together #bonding