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4th person pronoun? (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

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.