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Low Stakes Thread: Parasocial Pet Relationships

Feb 15, 2025
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Today’s very low stakes Friday Thread prompt comes from Miss B, who says:

I want to hear all about the parasocial relationships people have with pets/animals they see in their day-to-day.

I personally have a relationship with the horse I see every morning on my dog walk, whose name is not Black Beauty but whom I call Black Beauty. Also the shaggy brown c…

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