2022 and this is still a thing - Can Men & Women be Friends?

[Bel.]

Call me ugly or something but I didn't have that much problems making friends with men in the past. I think it highly depends on what base the friendship is set on? I would say all my successful long term friends that I was close with that treated me as a human being see me as a fun person that share the same hobbies as them. I am a girl who game a lot, I will tend to play with mostly men cause that was just more common. During my time in college, I studied in game design\art and like 80% of my dorm floor were guys. I would always chill with my close friends, even on 1on1, and no one ever felt like it has to be a weird\flirt situation? Or I never felt like any of those weren't genuine and I was just getting lead on for a chance at sex. I'm talking about straight men btw so yes this is very feasible you just don't have to entertain them\give them hints just because you are bored or want attention. 

Like alternatively does it means all bi people can't have any friends because they would be attracted to everyone? that sounds ridiculous.

Yes there is the plethora of boys who would approach you with those intentions (or the one who would drop something like ''I had a crush on you for 5 years and I regret not acting on it'' vibe), but you just politely tell them you have no intentions of reciprocating it, and if they don't want to continue the friendship well you just move on and be glad you don't have to deal with it in your life. And for that specific group of boys, it doesn't matter how attractive you are cause they will just go for any women ever who even just slightly care about them.