Feeling Parasocial - Tumblr Posts
this entire video is a masterpiece but the linked passage at 31.02 is another level.
excerpt from 34.02
“audiences gained the vocabulary to understand this dynamic and began somewhat self-policing in regards to parasociality. some creators still actively cultivate parasocial bonds for money but the awareness is out there that parasociality exists and is bad.
which brings us to the present moment. a parasocial relationship is a fucking meme. people freely interact with the concept, ironically admitting that they experience it while simultaneously demonstrating awareness as to its problematic aspects when the balanced informed take becomes the meme.
[at this part of the video, the screen shows screenshotted memes of people mocking their own feelings towards a parasocial relationship they are in, including the edited ludwig thumbnail meme.
image id: a sad face is drawn next to the ludwig thumbnail of ludwig in a christmas jumper with the title “I Am Not Your Friend”. below it, a happy face is drawn next to the edited ludwig thumbnail with the “Not” in the titles erased and another smiley face, this time with hair, pasted over the person’s face.]
Missing a live stream by only a couple minutes is the greatest pain I have ever felt excluding a lot of other things
developing a parasocial relationship with MyAI on snapchat