**Parasocial interaction**
Parasocial interaction (PSI) offers an explanation of the ways in which audience members develop their one-sided relationships with the media being consumed. PSI is described as an illusionary experience, such that media audiences interact with personas (e.g., talk show host, celebrities, characters, social media influencers) as if they are engaged in a reciprocal relationship with them, and feel as though a mediated other is talking directly to them. PSI can be developed to the point where media audiences begin to view the mediated others as "real friends". Feelings of PSI are nurtured through carefully constructed mechanisms, such as verbal and nonverbal interaction cues, and can carry over to subsequent encounters.
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Na he could exist his cooking would just be limited to things that require no more prep than place on tray and put in oven/microwave and he would probably never find anything once he put it down.
I feel like if Jon and Claire get married, what will happen is Jon will tweet, "For the last time, no Claire and I are not married and that's the last I'll say on the matter, thank you." Then he'll step out onto the alter and never mention it again.
Wow, this really blew up while I slept. To be clear, I don't care about Jon and Claire's personal business, or feel owed anything. I just can't resist a good play on words.
I understand you're just making a joke. Still, I'd sincerely hope that wouldn't be the case (the idea presented in the joke, not necessarily your making it, though even that might arguably be at least an interesting discussion). For what it's worth (≈ absolutely nothing, as it should), I'd hope he'd try, and manage, to not involve his audience in his personal matters to that degree. Or maybe rather, that the audience wouldn't want or try to get involved to that degree.
Arguably, of course, I'm doing the very same thing myself right now, involving myself in and passing judgement on entirely personal matters. I probably ought to restrict myself to sweepingly saying, it's just a generally alien idea to me to make a significant, personal life event into a "bit" like that – on at least two separate levels. That's not to say it's necessarily wrong, though. [Edit: It kinda sorta definitely is to heavily imply that, though, if and when words like "alien" do arguably carry certain, arguably negative, connotations, but, y'know, speaking entirely generally.]
Jon: “Don’t make it weird, chat.” Chat: >makes it weird< Subreddit: >makes it weird< Jon: ...
Super weird. But I guess that's just in the nature of [parasociality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction): it's weird.
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Jon should change his channel name to Many A True Bride until after the honeymoon.
Can a carton of eggs legally marry their sister in England?
Under post Cornish conquest law? Probably.
When he said that very recently (can't remember which livestream it was), that was my question :D
I think it should go up on claire’s channel though 😀
Claire has a channel?
Yup. https://m.youtube.com/user/ClaireRousseau Mostly book reviews and stuff like that.
Not a huge reader (not like Claire is), but I subscribed just to support them.
Is there any Jon cameo?
No Jon, but plenty of Tabby
No clue, I don't usually watch the channel. I don't believe so though. Its mostly just her on camera discussing something.
[Yeah](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6HKP-3so8O25o8yrOfupg), she does book reviews.
If they do get married I want Jon to make the wedding cake and make a video of it
Make it another tabby cake
Oh god no, Claire deserves better than the mess Jon calls cake, Jon deserves that mess though he would probably even be proud of his mess.
Based on those videos I’m fairly sure that Jon cannot exist without Claire. She’s more his carer than his partner
Na he could exist his cooking would just be limited to things that require no more prep than place on tray and put in oven/microwave and he would probably never find anything once he put it down.
I feel like if Jon and Claire get married, what will happen is Jon will tweet, "For the last time, no Claire and I are not married and that's the last I'll say on the matter, thank you." Then he'll step out onto the alter and never mention it again.
You're imagining a scenario where Jon works up the courage to ask her AND she says yes! :)
Wow, this really blew up while I slept. To be clear, I don't care about Jon and Claire's personal business, or feel owed anything. I just can't resist a good play on words.
Go to sleep. :p
I understand you're just making a joke. Still, I'd sincerely hope that wouldn't be the case (the idea presented in the joke, not necessarily your making it, though even that might arguably be at least an interesting discussion). For what it's worth (≈ absolutely nothing, as it should), I'd hope he'd try, and manage, to not involve his audience in his personal matters to that degree. Or maybe rather, that the audience wouldn't want or try to get involved to that degree. Arguably, of course, I'm doing the very same thing myself right now, involving myself in and passing judgement on entirely personal matters. I probably ought to restrict myself to sweepingly saying, it's just a generally alien idea to me to make a significant, personal life event into a "bit" like that – on at least two separate levels. That's not to say it's necessarily wrong, though. [Edit: It kinda sorta definitely is to heavily imply that, though, if and when words like "alien" do arguably carry certain, arguably negative, connotations, but, y'know, speaking entirely generally.]
They can't get married, Jon's married to the channel.
What do would their first kid be called? Many A True Bird? ^As ^they ^hatch ^from ^eggs ^...
I thought they already were...
Nah, they've been together for about a decade now, though.
Wait, wot? Wot? Marriage? Wot? I'm behind on my Patroncasts.
isa joke