Friends help you move. Real friends help you move the body.
The murder that is implied in "move the body" is only a placeholder (synecdoche) standing for "the friend will stand by you and help you get away with all acts up to and including the worst thing imaginable by the friend".
On one hand, people bemoan not having friends or bemoan a society that seems to be preventing friendships from developing.
On the other hand, we actually see real friendships prominently splashed all across the news: those defending a man accused of sexual assault or rape, standing by him and helping him get away with a crime some may consider even worse than murder.
Under what conditions does someone acquire such real friends?
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