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The fact that some number of people are in such a pitiful state is in itself a crisis. Everyone needs real human connection. The “crisis” happened when they cam
by everdrive 4y ago
The fact that some number of people are in such a pitiful state is in itself a crisis. Everyone needs real human connection. The “crisis” happened when they came to rely on replika in the first place.
- Loughla 4y agoBingo. The issue here is that they pulled the support without appropriate warning, essentially ghosting these people. The real issue are the conditions that allowed this to happen. Modern society is a genuine nightmare for real human connections. I can make a million superficial connections with a billion people. But finding deep, meaningful community is harder now than it has ever been. That's exhausting, and I have to believe it's one of the main contributors to the mental health crisis we are currently experiencing (at least in the US).
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoExactly. It's the same thing as drug addiction: drug addiction is a big problem in and of itself, but also the consequence of a greater-scope emotional problem. Leave that underlying problem untreated, and the best you can hope for is that the addict will transfer their addiction to something less harmful.