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WheelHorseman's avatar

I worked for many years in an institution that cared for mentally ill people, and it was fairly common, not this, exactly, but people making pronouncements about words or actions they supposedly heard or did with others, in an attempt to bring their fantasy into some form of reality. Their "proof" was that there were now other people who might say, yeah, I heard that "patient X" is engaged to "patient Y," and the online forum would give lots of opportunities to do that. "No, I haven't seen that myself, but there are lots of people that know about it." It's crazy, but building this kind of imaginary castle in the air does inspire the builder to try to make some sort of foundation. If you think it's harmless to just go along with it, think again- your name could, and probably will, get dragged into it at some point. Thanks, John.

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I don't know whether to laugh, cry or throw-up!😵‍💫 but one thing can be counted on - Apple will make an emoji for that. Thanks for the most bizarre thing I've read today. However, it did bring to mind the 2013 movie "Her". Spike Jonze directed and Joaquin Phoenix starred in this film about a lonely man who bonds with an OS. It was a good movie, but Joaquin Phoenix is an exceptional actor. I think in the end humans have a deep insistent need to bond and will find a way to do so no matter how far-out they have to go. There really doesn't seem to be anything humans aren't capable of...good or bad.

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