BPH said:
Would be a great idea if it worked.
If you understand him correctly, you are being very pessimistic.
I gave bud to a buddy today. I had a little left and didn't want to bring it home. Maybe that'll pay off.
Also I'm realizing how magnanimous a truly valuable person must be. When you have some social value, it's very tempting to ignore friends that are beneath you, or worse, put them down.
If I'm trying to become better friends with some more popular kids, and lower value kids try to leech and enter the conversation by talking to me. It's so easy to basically ignore them, preferring to instead have a conversation with the people who seem above you, even if you aren't at the center of it.
I have realized since that I should start an interesting conversation with that person (think improv comedy, transition away from normal into something weird but interesting) and then bring other people around me into it. Ask their opinions on it, is an easy way, if they don't include themselves. By then the first conversation will have died down and you're the focus.
And all that comes from being willing to talk to the less popular kids.
Good thread, good concept.