We might not actually hate them at all; in fact we might actually feel deep admiration for whatever it is they’re doing

We stalk them because something about them fascinates us and we fear we might not be as fascinating as them when looked at from an outsider’s perspective. Because if we’re investing so much time on this person’s social media feeds, chances are, someone else is spending the same amount of time gawking at ours and measuring us by the same scale we use to measure the object of our obsession. Unconsciously, we want to inspire the same hatred (read: jealousy) in someone stalking us.

Scary, isn’t it?

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