When I learned the word "parasocial," it was helpful for me to understand some things I don't think I had completely gotten. But like so many others before it, it seems to be becoming shorthand for "any online behavior I do not approve of."
@srol a parasocial relationship is when you are only friends while skydiving
@srol When I learned of parasocial, it did -not- do nice things to my brain @.@