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"May irony never be an armor that merges with your skin" - ancient internet blessing, early 21st century
Aug 26, 2018 at 2:28amWeb
Show threadJPAug 26, 2018
a very 2018 avenue of utopian sci-fi is imagining a far future Earth of humans who have learned to live sustainably in a deeply globally connected society without our anger tearing us to shreds
(i don't know for sure that it's possible but it seems like an important question to ask!)
Show threadMatt CrampAug 27, 2018
@jplebreton this has inspired me to start looking into the research around parasocial relationships because I think currently the cultural understanding of the harm these cause is extremely poor
Show threadJPAug 27, 2018
@Merus If you haven't seen it already, this series on parasocial relationships has been getting a lot of attention lately: https://youtu.be/KLA-uFKjQ-g (full disclosure Shannon is a friend and some of my words are in it)
FAKE FRIENDS EPISODE TWO: parasocial hell

YouTube
Show threadGadfly (-booq-)Aug 29, 2018

LB: OOH, this is a VERY cool/interesting essay.

Thank you so much @jplebreton !

Show threadM. VerdoneAug 29, 2018

@jplebreton @Merus oh this is great, thanks for sharing!

Have you heard the Reply All podcast episode "All My Pets"? It's sort of a fear and loathing trip into YouTube celebrity culture. I found it truly shocking and sad.

Show threadJPAug 29, 2018
@sixohsix @Merus not familiar with it but yeah, that whole world generally makes me want to run for the hills!
Show threadLew PerinAug 26, 2018
@jplebreton Irony is a condiment, not a food.