America's “Friendscape” Crisis

Re:America's “Friendscape” Crisis by cuddlybacon on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:44PM (#27952287)

I think parasocial relationships have mostly been an attempt to fill the gap left by the lack of real friendships.

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Re:America's “Friendscape” Crisis by tolbish on Sunday July 25, 2021 @06:22PM (#27953497)

Much like junk food being a substitute for a lack of real nutrition, what happens when the desire for real nutrition atrophies?

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Re:America's “Friendscape” Crisis by cuddlybacon on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:04PM (#27965454)

Some people just accept this attempted solution isn't going to fill the hole properly and stick with it anyways.

Others may get frustrated enough to make an attempt to fix the problem for real, only to re-remember how much harder that is in our current society and re-remember why they reached for this attempted solution in the first place.

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Re:America's “Friendscape” Crisis by pixl97 on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:09PM (#27952487)

Why not both? The hyperreal is a hard landscape to navigate.

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Re:America's “Friendscape” Crisis by cuddlybacon on Sunday July 25, 2021 @05:37PM (#27953142)

I put 'mostly' and not 'entirely' because I do think it is both.

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