What’s the point of vulnerability?

Name: What’s the point of vulnerability?
Uploaded: 2024-07-29T10:00:46+00:00
Duration: 40 s
Channel: Vanessa Marin
Description: A short commentary by Vanessa Marin (YouTube, July 29, 2024) arguing that reality shows generate rapid feelings of connection by putting people with…

29 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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A short commentary by Vanessa Marin (YouTube, July 29, 2024) arguing that reality shows generate rapid feelings of connection by putting people with little shared time into highly vulnerable situations and activities—e.g., skydiving—to accelerate intimacy. The speaker questions whether the resulting feelings are genuine love and highlights the recurrent use of intense dates on shows like The Bachelor.

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Reality shows have cracked the code to creating fast connection. If you watch, like, you know, the Bachelor, you will notice one very consistent thing. The crazy thing about these shows is the two people that are dating barely get any time together. So how do they create this connection so fast? How do they create these feelings of love, which I'm kind of putting in air quotes, but, like, honestly, in the moment, these people really do think that they love each other. How do they do that? It is through putting people who have very limited time together into highly vulnerable situations and dates because they. Why they always send them fucking skydiving. I know that's what they'll feel close real fast.