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 From a female perspective, it is because the simps are usually fake. In Hawaii (and probably other places) they could likely also be homeless. Cell phones are a scourge! 
 i think always-available connectedness is ruining human connection. we’re not meant to be always connected to each other. affection grows when we miss them over longer periods. If you always know what they’re doing, wheres the longing and mystery? 
 Reading more David Deida should snap modern beta man back into a turn on for women..🔥❤️‍🩹
https://image.nostr.build/ab8579a3bc50cfd7c3d4df937fe9cf0f6059b3d3ceaa3429d57303a06b401031.jpg 
 also the parasocial creepiness thing is when they're really into some ideal image they have of you, and get weird when you deviate from that, instead of liking you as a person
this used to be mostly a thing for celebrities but social media culture kinda made it for everyone 
 Oh yeah, my relative Storm King was the first scientist to describe this phenomenon in literature! 
 @Lea