it is lazy to dismiss all online human relationships as parasocial.

i genuinely talk to people on here who seem like they would be good friends in the fleshworld. yes yes it's all terribly controlled by corporations who make money off of us but that's no excuse to lie down like a sick old dog and giving up.

people who only write predictable essays and unnecessary thinkpieces probably do not understand the genuine comradery among some of the fiction writers and poets here. they have robot's eyes, so we shouldn't be surprised if this is true. tleilaxu type shit.

all that being said I am very seriously addicted to the Internet. but this would be the case even if I didn't have online friends.