Good luck with your new stretch goal. I am rooting for you and I think the time of stacking Hive so cheaply is coming to an end for this cycle.
I agree that you need to choose your friends wisely depending on your goals. Our time and attention is limited. When we wanted to pass some exams, me and my friend decided to sit at the front of the classes. We may have got laughed at as being keen, but we aced those classes and had we stayed at the back with the cool kids, it could have been different.
Oh, that's a nice comparison! I like it! I do remember well when I wanted to be "with cool guys" in the last row... We had so much fun, but we didn't hear anything back there and our grades that year were awful...
After learning a lesson, we kept our personal stuff for after school... 😃 This (my story) is not the best example of fake people, but it is a good example of keeping the focus... :) 😃