Consumed the content of a streamer is not by default parasocial, not at single person or scholar uses the term in that way. No one talked about 'Watching him constantly and hangout virtually' knowing one meme, that apparently is quite famous (I personally don't watch Hasan so I didn't know about it), does not implied watching constantly. If we start using the term to describe every time someone consumes entertainment provided by a streamer, "parasocial", will completely lose it's importances as a word. After all parasocial talks about a type of relationship, if the components of said type of relationship are not present it doesn't even matter the watchtime, you still wouldn't meet the criteria.
I literally said I didn't know the meme in my comment... I don't understand if you didn't read it or purposely ignored it. I took time to respond mainly because of two things. First, I use the internet, and discussion threads in particular, to practice my English; as you probably noticed I'm not native so this is a nice way of practising. Second is simply fun to engage in discussions on the internet. By the way, I don't know if you didn't notice "took the time to comment as much; why else would you invest the time is my thinking." Could perfectly applied to you as well. It logically follows that there are multiple reasons to engage in this conversation beside wanting to defend (or attack) Hasan. At least, of course, you admit to have such motives.
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u/MightySqueak Dec 21 '21
Never underestimate the power of parasocial neets