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Re:When we learn more about a stranger, we feel like they kn... by deebosong on Sunday May 22, 2022 @10:44AM (#31468719)
Without trying to gas you up or make you feel one way or another about it via the associations of these words/ definitions/ lables, this sounds like a textbook example of a parasocial relationship, or a microcosm of what celebrities must experience.
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Re:When we learn more about a stranger, we feel like they kn... by jedimastert on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:52PM (#31470207)
> this sounds like a textbook example of a parasocial relationship

I really had to try and not use that word, but it very much was.

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Re:When we learn more about a stranger, we feel like they kn... by lupire on Sunday May 22, 2022 @05:11PM (#31472839)
Parasocial is a bit different. Parasocial is when the celebrity fakes engagement with stuff like mass messaging that pretends to be personal.
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