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arrow-up1457arrow-down1external-linkBoomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Realfuturism.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·17 hours agoIt’s a parasocial dopamine hit. It’s like commenting on a Twitch stream. There’s a fantasy that they’ll notice and reply to you, and suddenly you’ll be having a conversation with a famous attractive person.
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 hours agoSometimes, I think it’s like people yelling at someone in a horror movie “he’s right behind you!” It prompts real feelings and reactions and they just have to let them out.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 hours agoInteresting take, thanks for sharing. No sarcasm.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·17 hours agoAh so the same people who buy lottery tickets.
It’s a parasocial dopamine hit. It’s like commenting on a Twitch stream. There’s a fantasy that they’ll notice and reply to you, and suddenly you’ll be having a conversation with a famous attractive person.
Sometimes, I think it’s like people yelling at someone in a horror movie “he’s right behind you!”
It prompts real feelings and reactions and they just have to let them out.
Interesting take, thanks for sharing. No sarcasm.
Ah so the same people who buy lottery tickets.