Watching other people's reaction is not a guide to how to feel. This woman's not telling you how to feel, just how she feels.
It's voyeurism. It's entertainment. Just like people slow rolling past a car wreck on the highway and everyone's rubbernecking and gawking at the carnage. We're not depending on any of this, we're enjoying watching it. We've come to view real life like it's some sort of sit-com.
The real issue is the people who feel the need to post it to feed the voyeurism. Those are the people who want to be watched, because they think they can influence others. And in that sense, the psychology is no different that crying out in the wilderness, trying to attract the attention of other fellow human primates to whatever interesting thing we managed to stumble upon.
Very little content is objectively delivered. We used to think the news was, but the press has always been biased towards the interests of those who felt compelled enough to publish the paper, write the book, short story, or essay, or film themselves on TV. There's selection bias in what we choose to tell others about at the very least. You really have to get into the Ivory Tower to find really objective discussion, and then, it's often because of a social norm more than anything else.
Watching other people's reaction is not a guide to how to feel. This woman's not telling you how to feel, just how she feels.
It's voyeurism. It's entertainment. Just like people slow rolling past a car wreck on the highway and everyone's rubbernecking and gawking at the carnage. We're not depending on any of this, we're enjoying watching it. We've come to view real life like it's some sort of sit-com.
The real issue is the people who feel the need to post it to feed the voyeurism. Those are the people who want to be watched, because they think they can influence others. And in that sense, the psychology is no different that crying out in the wilderness, trying to attract the attention of other fellow human primates to whatever interesting thing we managed to stumble upon.
Very little content is objectively delivered. We used to think the news was, but the press has always been biased towards the interests of those who felt compelled enough to publish the paper, write the book, short story, or essay, or film themselves on TV. There's selection bias in what we choose to tell others about at the very least. You really have to get into the Ivory Tower to find really objective discussion, and then, it's often because of a social norm more than anything else.