[e40]

Parasocial relationships can have an extremely strong effect on people. My son was similarly effected by the suicide of a youtuber a few years ago. My son was 18 at the time, just out of HS and struggling. This person is someone he had followed for years and was public about his struggles and was doing better, then this happened.

The unintended side effects of the world we have built are many, and some are impacting our children in ways we couldn't have forseen.

[tapoxi]

I had regularly listened to a podcast for years when the host (Ryan Davis of Giant Bomb) tragically passed suddenly. It was bizarre, like I had lost a friend I had never met.

[LocalH]

I'm 42 and there are more than a few people in the Guitar Hero community for whom I would be extremely sad to learn of their passing, including several of the more prominent creators and community pillars.

[menmob]

Etika? Still miss him myself.

[HaZeust]

The video is still well-engraved in my head. Sad day.