People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
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Not to sound 105 but parasocial relationships as meaningful interaction bad.
It's just adapting to a world that is less connected by building bonds in a way that can be maintained in a disconnected world.
Maybe it's not all bad but I can't help but think our brains are definitely wired for in-person communication and it'll never totally fill that void.
Being an analog being in a digital world sucks.
There's still plenty of real life happening, go look for it
I'm not saying there isn't I'm just saying especially within the US it's prevailing problem you can look it up in any psych journal that people are feeling more lonely. This is a systemic issue due to the way our cities are structured.
I think that parasocial relationships are definitely one of the ways we have coped with that.
Parasocial relationships have always made me really uncomfortable. Since longer than I knew the word for it. I avoid most social media because of this.
The other day I wanted to know if a band I like is touring. Searching took me to their Facebook, where there were a lot of personal posts by the singer. Her being like "I got a new haircut check it out" or "got dressed up for the party" or whatever. I'm just like oof I can't be here. I don't want to feel like I know this person when I absolutely do not. But if I stuck around and read their feed regularly, it would quickly feel like I was getting updates from a real friend. I just want to know if they're going on tour or putting out new music.
My rl name starts with Chat and I introduce myself as such most places. It's pronounced differently though, since it's based on a French word. The Ch has an Sh sound. And yes, I know what that sounds like...
You know what it sounds like, but you still introduce yourself as such?
We should party.
miau
Actually kinda fascinating, we're watching language evolve in real time
It's crazy chat
Chat: The perfect autistic pronoun
they are all constantly streaming, and they've crawled way, way down inside the Matrix
Maybe she should be more concerned that students are asking if her class is real.
I am not sure if you are being genuine or not (chat?) but in case you are the phrase is not asking if something is literally real. It's a way to express surprise at a situation "wow this thing is really happening".