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How are they doing so much better than the US/Western countries despite the fact that:

1. they are much closer and have more dealings with China

2. They are less technologically and scientifically advanced than the West

3. They're generally less civilized than the West?

My friend got this girls number at a party. He was drunk at the time and got really nervous about calling the girl when he became sober. He was going to ghost her but I talked him out of it and helped him come up with what to say. I thought that was me having his back. So fast forward... are you ready for this lol...

Fast forward a YEAR later and he tells me his is thinking about calling that girl and asking her out. I tell him he has no chance and good luck with that. A year later lol. The opportunity is definitely gone. She probably forgot about it like 10 months ago.

So then he just says "alright" and a little later he makes up a story about how he needs a new phone. That story was his cover so that he could ghost me. He hasn't returned my texts in months.

I think that's really shitty of him. I think he is a coward and a piece of garbage really. I had his back and helped him so he didn't just ghost her. He wouldn't even have a shot at all if it wasn't for my advice. I mean was I out of line? I never want to talk to him again anyway but the fact that I am the one who had his back and he just didn't see it is ridiculous.

So should I have just lied to him and told him to go for it? At what point is being a good friend someone who is honest and at what point is it just lying and telling them what they obviously want to hear?