• Smaile@lemmy.ca
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      Some people can’t be saved, some actually are deluded enough to prefer it.

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      People are keyed up and do not have emotional regulation skills. This is a failure of society.

      We make fun of them for their “fake” emotional support animals, their public panic attacks and for their attempts at discreet electronic emotional support. This is also a failure of society.

      That guy trying to make it through his fight is not the reason the earth or humans are doomed.

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          There’s nothing more human than treating a symptom in counterproductive ways while avoiding the real cause with ridiculous levels of mental gymnastics, because it obviously cannot be that one thing. If it was then we’d have to actually do something about it, which we clearly don’t need to!

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          Hes a syndrom?

          Everyone can have mental problem! And when everyone’s insane… …no one will be.

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      I’m married to an autistic man that is incapable of providing emotional support of any kind. I’m one of those people that really needs it. Even I wouldn’t resort to this. This is delusion.

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        I hope you have a great support group that can be there for you! You deserve it!

        My granddaughter has been diagnosed with autism and we’re all learning what it means to be a parent and grandparent. You’re right it’s not the same and some things we just need to learn to live with. And she’s wonderful, delightful, and I smile every time I see her.

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        Yeah, but like, I kind of feel that way about prostitution (like I am not going to enjoy myself with someone who’s being paid to pretend they’re enjoying it) but also, I know a few sex workers who’ve told me how much of their job is just companionship and listening, holding while people cry, etc. So it’s clearly an outlet for some people. We really need to attack the disconnection and loneliness at the root of this, not the symptoms manifested by those suffering.

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      Most of people here are fine with this person continuing with it because empathy is fucking dead here. Idk how lemmy became more soulless than reddit.

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        Look man im sorry I can’t emphasize with a tweet screenshot I’m just trying to get through the day.

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          And that’s exactly the point. We’re so fatigued from the state of the world and separated through the anonymity of the internet that we really have lost the ability to empathize.

          Our first reaction is anger or ridicule. Not concern or compassion

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    There’s a lot of stuff that we do today that the same people doing it considered pathetic in the 90s.

    I have no doubt that AI relationships will be completely normalised and not much different from the movie Her.

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      No they won’t, these people won’t reproduce if they’re doing this. Over time as gens go on, it will become less and less common.

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        It has nothing to do with reproduction, “normal” people aren’t reproducing already… This is a social and isolation issue, people have needs that a non judging sycophantic AI will feed into.

        I’m quite surprised that someone would feel so strongly otherwise and would bet a large amount of money that in 20 years people will not be judging just like they did computer nerds, games, cellphones, internet, social networks, etc…

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      I mean to be fair people having parasocial relationships with AI is absolutely a thing. The post could be lying, but it’s well within the realm of possibility.

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        you are just paraphrasing

        OMG THIS SINGLE X POST MUST BE REAL BECAUSE IT CONFIRMS MY WORLD VIEW

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        I know that looks dumb but I find it painful to sit for long periods of time and they don’t let you stand around on the plane. I always get an aisle seat so that I can stand as soon as it lands. I know I’m not going anywhere for awhile but I can’t sit any longer.