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ryandrake 14 hours ago

Reddit's r/gangstalking is where they meet. Yet another group that might benefit from therapy or mental help.

JumpCrisscross 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Wait, that isn’t a parody sub?

culi 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Nope. The phenomenon is more widespread than people realize. Here's an Aeon piece worth reading about it

https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-psychiatric-narrative-hinders...

XorNot 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Parody subreddits have a bad habit of becoming serious.

I think the big surprise of the internet and subsequently the SCP wiki's focus on cognitohazards and "killer memes" is that the phenomenon in it's own way is an extreme version of a real danger - as a species we are really not well equipped for the information environment we've built, and it's prudent to tread very cautiously.

lawlessone 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The kind of reinforcement they give each other is the same kind some people are now getting from chatbots instead.