(November 2, 2020 at 9:05 am)SUNGULA Wrote:(November 2, 2020 at 7:57 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: And what the fuck is the deal with 'unboxing' videos? I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I'm pretty comfortable with my ability to remove the contents of a cardboard box.It has nothing to do with showing how to unbox something. It's getting to share in the personal experience of getting to see what's in the box for the first time. And it's more fun if the thing being unboxed is something you sent the person. Ultimately it's about the reaction.
Boru
You just described a result of a symptom of a parasocial relationship (PSR).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_relationship