I think I need to stop hashtagging Odin’s photos because like three times in a week I’ve gotten nonfollower reply guys who go over the post with a magnifying glass to find something they imagine is going on that isn’t going on and let me know that my dog is poorly behaved and/or I’m an abusive owner
strangers IRL comment CONSTANTLY on how calm, well behaved, and safe Odin is; his only sin is assuming everyone else wants cuddles and hugs as much as he does! guys online however have cracked the case after seeing one photo and hallucinating the scenario like an LLM
@0xabad1dea it's the parasociality, tbh I'm mighty guilty of assuming shit about people online given scraps of information, and it doesn't help that sometimes I turn out to be right and keep riding that high for years
@me @0xabad1dea I don't think parasociality really explains this, particularly if it's exacerbated through hashtags? Like I would expect anyone with even an extremely casual parasocial bond to at least be a follower