ICYMI: TikTok’s Couch Guy Is Not Your Friend

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🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It can feel nice to form bonds with people we don’t know by following their lives online! It can also be invasive. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison look at an instance of parasocial relationships gone wrong as one long-distance college couple’s reunion turned TikTok users into amateur investigators looking for signs of infidelity. Why did TikTok give these teens the true-crime treatment? Did they invite the scrutiny for even posting in the first place? To read more about parasocial relationships online, check out Madison’s piece, “John Mulaney Doesn’t Owe You Squat.” Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	So I think that he was either cheating
0:34.0	or something very suss is going on.
0:36.0	Okay, sorry, is this a friend of yours?
0:38.0	No, I literally don't know.
0:39.0	He's a good man in the middle of life.
0:41.0	Okay.
0:43.0	Hi, I'm Madison Malone Purcher
0:45.0	and I'm Rachel Hampton,
0:46.0	and you're listening to ICYMI.
0:48.0	In case you missed it,
0:50.0	sleep's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.0	Rachel, what's new with you?
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