Once I had an acquaintance with whom we communicated on the Internet for several months, he fell in love with a girl who cosplayed a character from one of his favorite series, well, he admitted to me that he had been following her for about a year and dreamed of talking to her on the Internet, because he felt that he was in love, and then asked if he should try? I said I should at least try, but my advice broke his heart, she rejected him and called him a freak, then he got drunk and we didn’t discuss it anymore.

If anything, the girl was very beautiful.

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    1 month ago

    So he’s never even talked to them online, but he’s in love with them? No, he’s in love with their online persona. That’s a parasocial relationship and that’s not healthy.

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      1 month ago

      By the way, what if the AI could copy this image of the cosplayer and reproduce it as if the person was communicating with his ideal that he saw in that girl? Maybe it’s a great way for unhealthy people to satisfy themselves?

      Although no, it sounds silly, but I think some people do this.

      But thanks for the explanation, I’m a complete ignoramus in this.