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zer00eyzyesterday at 6:41 PM1 replyview on HN

There is a reason why "the oldest profession" is a polite idiom for prostitution.

Calling it "parasocial", doesn't change what it is, but the technology as a mediator does. And society has been feeding on itself since we moved past hunter gatherers.


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stackghostyesterday at 11:43 PM

>There is a reason why "the oldest profession" is a polite idiom for prostitution.

The term only gained popularity at the start of the 1900s, it's a proto-meme