Think diagnosing TV characters makes you qualified for therapy? Welcome to the world where thirty-something women lose their minds over teenage love triangles while Ukrainian influencers accidentally become Putin's PR team.

When reality TV becomes your reality and fictional boyfriends start looking like your actual boyfriend, it's time to separate the actors from their characters (and maybe touch some grass).Turns out having a psychology degree doesn't make you immune to obsessing over whether Conrad or Jeremiah has better mental health coping mechanisms.

Meanwhile, some Ukrainian content creators are serving up "average Sunday vibes" during active missile strikes, giving MAGA crowds exactly the soundbites they need to justify cutting aid. Because nothing says responsible platform use like posting your latte art while people defend your right to that latte with their lives.

The line between fiction and reality isn't just blurred—it's been carpet-bombed by AI, parasocial relationships, and the collective inability to remember that actors are not their characters. Throw in some cultural appropriation masquerading as museum curation, and you've got a perfect storm of digital chaos that would make George Orwell weep into his morning coffee.

Also in this episode:

Shadows Artivism Project

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📱 Why following Ukrainians doesn't mean following every Ukrainian with a camera

🎭 How Heath Ledger syndrome went mainstream (spoiler: it's not just actors anymore)

🇺🇦 The shadows project fighting to reclaim stolen Ukrainian art from Russian labels

📺 When escapism becomes reality and your fictional boyfriend looks suspiciously familiar

🧠 Why TikTok psychology is more dangerous than helpful (Dr. Inna has entered the chat)

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