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The rhetorical move of accusing someone of being into "parascience" as a way of dismissing their experiences, beliefs, or claims without engagement. The accusation positions the target as credulous, unscientific, or mentally unstable. The fallacy lies in using the accusation itself as the argument—as if labeling something "parascience" does the work of refutation. It's a conversation-ender that allows the accuser to feel superior without having to engage the actual phenomena or experiences.
"I tried to explain my meditation experiences and the sense of connection I feel. Response: 'Oh, you're into all that parascience stuff.' That's Parascience Accusation Fallacy—using the label to dismiss, not engaging what I actually said. My experiences are real to me; calling them 'parascience' doesn't make them disappear. It just shows you're not interested in understanding."
by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026
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Parasociac

A person who is HEAVILY obsessed with streamers/YouTubers to a point where it consumes their entire life.
Dude! You donated 600 dollars to that vtuber? You parasociac”
by IACNESS133 May 11, 2025
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Parasocial Socialite

(Noun)

A person who forms deep, emotionally intense bonds with others — even when those connections are not mutual, reciprocated, or fully acknowledged.
Not limited to celebrities or influencers, a parasocial socialite can be someone who over-cares in everyday relationships: with friends, crushes, or romantic partners who remain distant or emotionally unavailable.

They remember every detail. They give without being asked. They hope, hurt, and hang on — often in silence — while the other person barely notices they were ever there.
“I memorized his favorite songs and comfort shows. He barely remembered my name. I was just a parasocial socialite in his life.”
“Loving her felt so real, even though I was the only one in the relationship. Parasocial socialite energy.”
by Ophium June 12, 2025
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Parasociac

A play off the word “parasocial” and “maniac”

A person who is way too loyal, obsessed with a online character/celebrity/ etc, to the point where they will defend them no matter what happens, if it were a rape allegation, they would call the victim a liar when it wasn’t even proved to be fake yet. If it were a video feed of the online character beating a newborn, it would be “oh just a episode”.
You can see where this is going.
Tarkina: I don’t care what he did! It’s not my problem, if you unsubbed you are a fake!
Bob: bro, you a damn parasociac, it’s called having morals
by IACNESS133 July 15, 2025
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Parasociac

A play off the word “parasocial” and “maniac”

A person who is way too loyal, obsessed with a online character/celebrity/ etc, to the point where they will defend them no matter what happens, if it were a rape allegation, they would call the victim a liar when it wasn’t even proved to be fake yet. If it were a video feed of the online character beating a newborn, it would be “oh just a episode”.
You can see where this is going.
Tarkina: I don’t care what he did! It’s not my problem, if you unsubbed you are a fake!
Bob: bro, you a damn parasociac, it’s called having morals
by IACNESS133 July 15, 2025
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Parasocialitis

An illness a person suffers after constantly shipping people who are streamers/celebrities and have no connection to said streamer.
Look at Convickt, he has parasocialitis.
by JaceLSD July 19, 2025
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Parasitic Link

Documents that have unwanted and un-needed links that make it tough to edit or save in the cloud. Almost a guarantee the finance team have meddled...
This excel sheet is full of parasitic links, I'm giving it the booster shoot and sending back for cleaning
by _gnt4breakfast September 1, 2025
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