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dating apps at least notionally depend on the the consumers imagination of eventually meeting another (real! living! breathing!) person. A more acute symptom might be our new platonic friendship simulators, which don't even sustain the imagination real sociability: podcasts:)

sam kriss is good on this: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-problem-with-podcasts/

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How dare you speak ill of podcasts!

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Can confirm the Americana menu is absolute trash and anyone from the South, white, black, don't matter, would be horrified to be associated with this: https://americanalondon.com/restaurant/

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