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[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago

It's like if Bill Nye was your nerdy buddy instead of your cool professor. I've never met the dude but he's on my list of people who don't know they're my friend.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago

I’ve never met the dude but he’s on my list of people who don’t know they’re my friend.

Yay for parasocial relationships.

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

This is really interesting because it seems to me there's a placebo effect. I know I don't know Hank Green but despite knowing he isn't my friend (but he totally would be) he still feels like it.

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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