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But can you really say that you don't know anyone at all here?
Yes.
I can't speak for your "etc.", but as to what you mentioned, do you need to know those things to consider them a friend?
That and a lot more.
I think I've discussed this in a thread somewhere on here. Friendship is something I'm very particular about. Out of respect to folks who are my friends, I don't refer to acquaintances (close or otherwise) as friends. Being friendly and being friends aren't the same things at all.
What I'm saying is that a person's core identity is the ideas that constitute their morality, or ethics.
That is certainly a large part of it. There's a part that's given by one's instinctive self as well. Both matter.