FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBoomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Realfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down118
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minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 months 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-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoAh so the same people who buy lottery tickets.
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months 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-up9·3 months agoInteresting take, thanks for sharing. No sarcasm.
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.
Ah so the same people who buy lottery tickets.
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.