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Parasocial hatred

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The phenomenon of developing conditioned feelings of scorn toward public figures one has never met, particularly through repeated exposure to criticism on social media platforms.

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"Now I have a conditioned and reflexive feeling of scorn and annoyance whenever I see one of their bad opinions or fits posted here. It's the shadow version of teenagers getting a dopamine hit whenever Pewdiepie mentions a game they like positively or the vicarious thrill when a Vaush fan sees him ep"
The problem of parasocial hatred. · u/only-mansplains · ↑224 · 2021-05-20
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