Thought this was interesting, there's a research paper "Pettiness in Social Exchange" that found 81% of participants preferred to be friends with the person who paid back their friends in round numbers vs exact numbers because it felt less transactional

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@ted I feel like you'd find this interesting

there are some cultures where paying people back is a sign that you consider the relationship transactional and dont want to hang out again

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Ran into this immediately when I moved to Japan for college.

French classmate was aghast I paid him back for the bus ride he comped me for day 1.

Japanese people, on the other hand, seem to love the clarity of transactional gift giving and returning