there's a lot to unpack in this comment but I'll pick off one point and maybe others will contest the rest
> Only a very small minority of people have careers or relationships worth emulating, and they should be setting examples for everyone else to aspire to.
Of those that have relationships worth emulating I doubt they are parasocially broadcasting it for the world to see. To the contrary, most of these images that you see on social media are heavily curated and manicured and don't really reflect reality.
> Only a very small minority of people have careers or relationships worth emulating, and they should be setting examples for everyone else to aspire to.
Of those that have relationships worth emulating I doubt they are parasocially broadcasting it for the world to see. To the contrary, most of these images that you see on social media are heavily curated and manicured and don't really reflect reality.