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So what do we do? You cannot unplug entirely. That is privilege talk.

For the audience, this is addictive. We feel like we know these people. When a celebrity ends a 12-year marriage, fans take sides. When a YouTuber burns out, the comments demand a 45-minute apology video. Vixen.18.12.26.Mia.Melano.Prove.Me.Wrong.XXX.10... BEST

We have become the executive producers of each other's mental health. So what do we do

Popular media has become an . You don't watch The Last of Us because it looks good; you watch it because you played the game. You don't start House of the Dragon cold; you come because you loved Game of Thrones . The entry barrier has raised. The inside joke has become the entire joke. For the audience, this is addictive

For most of history, popular media was a . It reflected who we were. The cynical 1970s gave us Taxi Driver . The optimistic 1990s gave us Forrest Gump . The anxious post-9/11 era gave us Lost .