If you had to duo to get to a certain rank

This kind of mentality is so stupid to me.

You're a worse player because you play with friends!

like what? Just because you're reducing the number of random variables in your game and making it a less awful time for yourself, doesn't mean you're not skilled enough to play at whatever rank you're at. It can certainly be the case if you're queueing in silver with your challenger friend on his silver smurf, but I have a feeling it's much more common to just queue up with people you know that are probably around the skill level you're at. Stop being salty that you can't climb solo, and stop thinking that other people aren't as good as you because they're queueing with other people.