# Should men and women be friends? part 2

**URL:** <https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/should-men-and-women-be-friends-part-2/1483>\
**Category:** Elliot Temple\
**Tags:** curiosity-video\
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/should-men-and-women-be-friends-part-2/1483 "2022-08-22T07:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/elliot/32/14_2.png) [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/should-men-and-women-be-friends-part-2/1483/1 "2022-08-22T07:04:41Z")

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[![](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c4c093cfa6e3c7c33851c718734a8684e8014df1.jpeg "being friends with girls 2 [Fallible Ideas podcast]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ItWVBhgAs0)

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**Author:** ![alanforr](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/alanforr/32/266_2.png) [@alanforr](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/alanforr)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/should-men-and-women-be-friends-part-2/1483/2 "2022-08-22T21:06:42Z")

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There are criticisms of the idea that Christmas happens on December 25 because it inherited that date from a pagan holiday:

> **[Christmas, Mithras and Paganism](https://historyforatheists.com/2016/12/the-great-myths-2-christmas-mithras-and-paganism/)**
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> Well, it’s Yuletide and so tis the season to be merry, to buy presents, to queue for ages in airports and to eat too much.  It’s also the season when New Atheists fill their social media feeds with smug memes like these:   How do they know...