[alephnerd]

> People have the right to be weirdos as long as they're not hurting anyone

That's my point. The symptom (becoming obsessed with virtual relationships) shouldn't be the end goal of remediation. If someone is doing so due to issues in their life, then those need to be solved.

> the whole idea that there's some kind of "special East Asian wisdom" is itself pretty racist.

It's not a comment on "special East Asian wisdom". Social and legal norms in much of Asia is Communitarian and Legalistic in nature.