FORGET CONCERTS. The NEW drug for a disconnected generation isn’t music—it’s the SOUND OF A STRANGER’S VOICE in their ears. A shocking new trend reveals millions are now PAYING TOP DOLLAR to sit in a dark room and WATCH PEOPLE TALK INTO A MICROPHONE. Has society finally lost its grip on reality?
At a recent live podcast taping, comedian Ron Funches blasted the audience to their faces: “Don’t they know podcasts are FREE? They are severely overpaying.” He’s RIGHT. These aren’t shows; they are PARASOCIAL CULTS gathering for communion. Industry insiders CONFIRM the hysteria, with agents admitting the screams for podcasters are “deafening,” rivaling the frenzy of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. “I have to put my hands over my ears,” one agent confessed. This is MASS HYSTERIA, not entertainment.
We are breeding a new class of fanatic: people who “don’t go out to shows” for real art, but will MOB a theater to worship hosts discussing MURDER and politics. It’s a pathetic swap: genuine human connection for a one-sided, monetized friendship. These empires are built on loneliness, with fans engaging in “hyper-specific cosplay” of their audio overlords. The Golden Globes are now legitimizing this sickness with awards, as the industry barrels toward a $2.6 billion payday EXPLOITING our collective isolation.
This is the grim finale of the attention economy: not content to live in our heads, the voices now demand we worship them in person, opening our wallets to make the simulation real. We are funding our own obsolescence, one live taping at a time. The question isn’t why they’re doing it, but what desperate void inside of us they have so perfectly, and profitably, identified.
Author: Kayitsi.com
