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Telemakhos on July 22, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Compression culture is making you stupid and unint...

I wonder whether increased desire for long-form video correlates to loneliness. I asked my gf one day why in the world people watch video game streamers, and she responded that it was mostly to hear someone talking. Print doesn't even talk to us, but long-form video provides a friend-substitute who won't abandon us.

therealdrag0 on July 23, 2025 | [–]

Any people out there TV on just so there is “background noise” I think streaming is similar, but it does have an extra social aspect to it.

Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe on July 23, 2025 | [–]

Reminds me how mukbangs[0] were invented by south koreans who wanted to eat with someone. Or so I heard.

[0]: long videos of people eating a lot

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