@mysteriouskat Your quibble is like saying “I hate the term blind loyalty because it tarnishes the concept of loyalty”. No. It describes a different thing. Loyalty is good. Blind loyalty is not.
Dear Professor, my wife and I are in a new city, want to develop new quality friendships. We love to entertain, find it easy to meet people, but now are far more discerning with whom we invest our time, as I’ve grown less tolerant of those with parasitized minds. Have you any advice?