LOVE HATE

How Shared Hatred Helps You Make Friends

People form quick and close bonds over shared dislikes — especially when what they hate is another person

Markham Heid
Forge
Published in
6 min readDec 3, 2018

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YYou’re meeting someone for the first time — a friend of a friend. She seems pleasant. She mentions her love of burrito bowls and HGTV. You like burrito bowls. You like HGTV. This…

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Markham Heid
Forge
Writer for

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.