And then loneliness was cured and everyone lived happily ever after.
18What are, parasocial relationships?
13yeah exactly, which is why it's a bullshit buzzword. every piece of media creates parasocial relationships -- the point of art is to feel a connection! people had parasocial relationships with the bible and homer and martin luther and walt whitman and orwell and twitter and facebook and podcasts.
people love to demonize it because the word sort of sounds like 'parasite' but everyone has multiple parasocial relationships if the bar is basically 'you think a person on tv is cool'
8Ehm, no, the criticism for parasocial relationships isn't that you're a "parasite", it's that it can be unhealthy for you if you're not careful. (Unless the parasite is targeted at the media person, in which case some do exploit this for profit and fame)
And it's more than just liking a media person. It's about feeling as if they are a friend that you personally know, and treat them like that.
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Tale as old as time
5I need to buy a radio
5Loneliness is so common in modern times.
3If your radio is AM, many of your neighbors end up being angry people who yell a lot.
3Ok but people had the same reaction when podcasts became a thing.
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