What's the point of friends?

Oh gee, herrr derrrr maybe because not everyone else in the world has schizoid personality disorder.

You don't need friends just like you don't need a romantic partner.

But having people in your life completely changes how you see it. If they're good friends and good people, it's probably going to be for the better.

My theme song is 'I Am A Rock' by Simon and Garfunkel and I live my life by this lyric from it:
'I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain'.

When I think of how so called friends have turned out, I'd rather have my enemies. At least they don't pretend to like me.

To bond and be of service to your friends

It makes life feel more meaningful and enjoyable when you’re important and special to certain people and they are to you as well, and you can share experiences and conversation together. At least that’s how it was for me, when I had those kinds of friends.

My thoughts exactly.

It seems like the only purpose of friends is status.

trust me, i feel you. i feel like i'm better off without friends, i like alone time and independency but if i dont have friends then i cling on to other people that i'm close with which makes them annoyed so idk.

I enjoy the conversation and company, mostly.

Acts of service

Companionship.

"For without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods; even rich men and those in possession of office and of dominating power are thought to need friends most of all; for what is the use of such prosperity without the opportunity of beneficence, which is exercised chiefly and in its most laudable form towards friends? Or how can prosperity be guarded and preserved without friends?"
- Aristotle Ethic. viii, 1

We are social creatures

The point of friends to expose yourself to other people but more importantly they would have your back.