We practice "mutual aid" but is this mutual aid or are we just friends helping each other like friends do? Analyze my mutual aid: what makes it mutual aid vs. friendship? Then reality-check: mutual aid is political practice; friends helping friends is just... friendship. Map what I call mutual aid and expose: am I engaging in political practice or am I just calling normal friendship by political terms? Show me where mutual aid language adds meaning vs. where it's just making friendship sound more important. Include: whether this is mutual aid or just friendship, what makes it political vs. personal, and if the language matters or just sounds better.