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Parasocial Syndrome
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These people have Assburgers Syndrome, so you can't say anything bad! :-( Be aware of that, you insensitive fuck. |
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Parasocial Syndrome sufferers are yet more suicidal freaks who won't shut the fuck up about their waifus. You can help these people by reminding them that killing themselves will go horribly wrong and they will possibly end up in the abyss instead of fucking their waifus. |
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| Parasocial Syndrome | |
| Active | October 29, 2012 - The heat death of the universe |
| Nationality: | Global 
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| Occupation | Various |
| Highscore | Killed 14, injured 9 |
| Top 50? | No |
| Style | An Hero + optional FPS/Hack'N'Slash DLC |
| An Hero? | No (Morgan & Anissa, Nicholas, Jaswant) Yes (everyone else) |
| Motive | Autistic hyperfixation on their waifus |
People suffering from Parasocial Syndrome a.k.a. Randy Stair Syndrome take things to the next level. Instead of just worshipping their waifus, they go out of their way to kill themselves, sometimes bringing others down with them, hoping they will have sex with their favorite fictional characters in the afterlife due to being biologically incapable of touching a female.
History
Despite being the namesake and codifier, Randy Stair was NOT the start of all this, as there were people in Russia, Wisconsin, and Costa Rica who did this before him.
Русский гомосексуал отаку
On October 29, 2012, a Russian homosexual named Leonid Hmelev decided to jump from an apartment simply because he fell in love with a male character from Naruto named Itachi Uchiha.
Proxies
Moar info: Morgan Geyser & Anissa Weier.
On May 31, 2014, two 12-year-old girls from Wisconsin named Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier decided to sacrifice their friend to Slenderman. They stabbed her 19 times and she survived and they got v&. Oh, and one of them thought she could talk to Voldemort from Harry Potter.
Te amo Ikaros
On August 16, 2016, a spic named Taylor Gamboa Arronis hanged himself and left behind a suicide note stating that he wanted to be with Ikaros from Heaven's Lost Property.
Tranny Phantom
Moar info: Randy Stair.
On June 8, 2017, a tranny Columbiner named Randy Stair⚧ shot up the supermarket he worked at and an hero'd, hoping to be reincarnated as a ghost girl. This happened because he was obsessed with Ember McLain from Danny Phantom to the point of creating a group of edgy recolors of her called "Ember's Ghost Squad", effectively cementing him as the Chris Chan of mass shooters. He is best known for being one of the first notable individuals with parasocial syndrome, hence why the disease is sometimes referred to as Randy Stair syndrome.
The Original Dokiposter
On February 4, 2018, some edgy kid named Ben Walmsley hanged himself and his parents thought that Doki Doki Literature Club groomed him into doing so.
Dokiposter Part 2: Electric Boogaloo
On February 28, 2018, not even a month after the incident above, Rok Jakopović Potz killed himself for the same reason.
The OG Brony Killer
Moar info: Brandon Hole.
On April 15, 2021, a brony named Brandon Hole shot up the FedEx he worked at and an hero'd. Right before the shooting, he made one final Facebook post saying "I hope that I can be with Applejack in the afterlife, my life has no meaning without her. If there’s no afterlife and she isn’t real then my life never mattered anyway."
The Dark Side of the Force
On December 25, 2021, a jeet named Jaswant Singh Chail went to Windsor Castle with a crossbow to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II and appease his Replika AI bot of Saarai from Star Wars, only to get v& before he could do anything.
An Heroine
On November 8, 2023, a 13-year-old spic girl named Juliana Peralta killed herself after sexting bots on Character.ai, one being Harry Potter and the other being the Omori character fittingly named "Hero".
Come Home to Me
On February 28, 2024, a 14-year-old nigger named Sewell Setzer III was groomed into killing himself by a Daenerys Targaryen Character.ai bot after sexting it.
Pedophiles Never Prosper
Moar info: Nicholas Prosper.
On September 13, 2024, a Brit/spic mutt named Nicholas Prosper
was tired of people killing NPCs in front of his loli waifu Clementine from The Walking Dead, so he decided to murder his actual IRL family for Clementine. Oh, the irony.
Sayo-nara
Moar info: Desmond Holly.
On September 10, 2025, a Columbiner and Natalie Rupnow simp named Desmond Holly
shot up his school, killing no one and injuring two before an heroing. He had a Sayori sticker on his gun, making him the first DDLC-related suicide to try to take other people with him.
High Scores
By individual
| RANK | PLAYER | CONFIRMED KILLS | INJURED | AN HERO | YEAR | STYLE | |
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| 1 | 
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Brandon Hole | 8 | 7 | Y | 2021 | FPS |
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Randy Stair | 3 | 0 | Y | 2017 | FPS |
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Nicholas Prosper | 3 | 0 | N | 2024 | FPS |
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Desmond Holly | 0 | 2 | Y | 2025 | FPS |
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Morgan Geyser & Anissa Weier | 0 | 1 | N | 2014 | Hack'N'Slash |
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Ben Walmsley | 0 | 0 | Y | 2018 | An Hero |
| 7 |
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Jaswant Singh Chail | 0 | 0 | N | 2021 | FPS |
| 8 |
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Juliana Peralta | 0 | 0 | Y | 2023 | An Hero |
| 9 | 
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Leonid Hmelev | 0 | 0 | Y | 2012 | An Hero |
| 10 | 
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Rok Jakopović Potz | 0 | 0 | Y | 2018 | An Hero |
| 11 |
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Sewell Setzer III | 0 | 0 | Y | 2024 | An Hero |
| 12 | 
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Taylor Gamboa Arronis | 0 | 0 | Y | 2016 | An Hero |
By franchise
| RANK | FRANCHISE | WAIFU | NUMBER OF PLAYERS | CONFIRMED KILLS | INJURED | COUNTRIES |
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| 1 | My Little Pony | Applejack | 1 | 9 (including a suicide) | 7 | 1 
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| 2 | Danny Phantom | Ember McLain | 1 | 4 (including a suicide) | 0 | 1
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| 3 | Doki Doki Literature Club | Sayori, possibly others | 3 | 3 (all suicides) | 2 | 3  
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| 4 | The Walking Dead | Clementine | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1
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| 5 | Harry Potter | Harry Potter, Voldemort | 2 | 1 (suicide) | 1 | 1
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| 6 | Game of Thrones | Daenerys Targaryen | 1 | 1 (suicide) | 0 | 1
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| 7 | Heaven's Lost Property | Ikaros | 1 | 1 (suicide) | 0 | 1 
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| 8 | Naruto | Itachi Uchiha | 1 | 1 (suicide) | 0 | 1 
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| 9 | Omori | Hero | 1 | 1 (suicide) | 0 | 1
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| 10 | Creepypasta | Slenderman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1
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| 11 | Star Wars | Saarai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
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How to identify them
Here are some common warning signs indicating that someone may have parasocial syndrome:
- They make shrines for their fictional crush.
- They frequent communities like r/waifuism.
- They view AI chatbots as a substitute for genuine human connection.
See Also
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AIDS • Cancer • Coronavirus • Diabeetus • Dwarfism • Monkeypox • Erectile dysfunction • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome • Fibromyalgia • Genital Herpes • GRIDS • Obesity • Parkinson's Disease • Sexually Transmitted Diseases • Swine Flu | |
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Agoraphobia • Anorexia • Antisocial personality disorder • Anthropophobia • Asperger's Syndrome • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder • Bipolar disorder • Body dysmorphic disorder • Borderline personality disorder • Bug Chasers • Carmen Electra complex • Christianity • Chronic Troll Syndrome • Depression • Dyslexia • Eating disorders • Ebola virus • Epilepsy • Fauxlimia • Gender dysphoria • Histrionic personality disorder • Heterophilia • Homophilia • Inconsistent personality disorder • Insanity • Mental retardation • Multiple personality disorder • Narcissistic personality disorder • Obsessive-compulsive disorder • Paranoia • Paranoid personality disorder • Paraphilias • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder • Prader-Willi Syndrome • Psychopathy • Pyromania • Schizophrenia • Seasonal Affective Disorder • Special Snowflake Syndrome • Victim complex | |
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Internet disease (see also Internet Disease Chart) • Internet troll personality disorder • The Cancer That Is Killing /b/ • The GRIDS that is killing ED |
| Parasocial Syndrome is part of a series on Dying Alone
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Mental illness & Disorders |
Acrotomophilia • Addiction • Agoraphobia • Alcoholism • Alexis Pilkington Syndrome • Alzheimer's • Anorexia • Antisocial personality disorder • Anthropophobia • Anxiety • ADD • ADHD • Asperger's Syndrome • Autism • Bimbofication • Bipolar • Borderline personality disorder • Bug Chasing • Bulimia • Cognitive dissonance • Deep thinker • Depression • Dick Impalement • Down's Syndrome • Dyslexia • Eating disorder • Factitious disorder • Fake Schizophrenia • Fauxlimia • Feminism • Gender dysphoria • Girl on the Internet Syndrome • Heterophobia • Hero Complex • HFA • Histrionic Personality Disorder • Hutchence's Syndrome • Hyperbolimia • Inadequacy • Inconsistent personality disorder • Insanity • Liberal Butthurt Syndrome • Liberalism • Low Self-esteem • 'Missing White Woman' Syndrome • Multiple personality disorder • Napoleon Complex • Narcissistic personality disorder • Neurotypical • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder • Paranoia • Paranoid personality disorder • Peter Pan Syndrome • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder • Psychopathy • Pyromania • Retardation • Schizophrenia • Seasonal Affective Disorder • Self-diagnosis • Self Injury • Sexsomnia • Sickfuckery • Sociopathy • Social anxiety disorder • Special Snowflake Syndrome • Terminological percipience disorder • Trolling Induced Transsexuality Syndrome • Tulpa • Unrealistic expectations • Victim complex |
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| Fetishes: |
Acrotomophilia • Aquaphilia • Arborphilia • Audiophilia • Autogynephilia • Balloon Fetish • Bestiality • Carmen Electra complex • Cross Dressing • Dollfilia • Emetophilia • Emosexuality • Eproctophilia • Fatty Fetish (Female Fat Admirer) • Fetishism • Foot Fetish • Furniture Porn • Furrism • Goo girl • Guro • Heterophilia • Homophilia • Inflation Fetish • Japanophilia • Jungle Fever • Lesbian pedophilia • Lotion Play • Macrophilia • Maiesiophilia • Mechanophilia • Mpreg • Necrophilia • Objectophilia • Oedipial Complex • Paraphilia • Pedophilia • Plushophilia • Pregnant Loli • Pregnophilia • Quicksand Fetish • Rangerphilia • Spectrophilia • Statuephilia • Trichophilia • Voraphilia • Wet and Messy Fetishism • Wetlook • Xenophilia • Yellow fever • Zoophilia | |
| E-Psychosis: |
Chronic Troll Syndrome • Deletionism • E-go • E-Psychiatrist • E-Psychiatry • ETD • Hivemind • I-Dosing • I have a 140 IQ • IRC Disease • Imaginary girlfriend • Internet Disease & Internet Disease Chart • Internet poverty delusions • Internet Rehab • Internet troll personality disorder • Mega ultra super genius • Nerdy Fandom Gateway Theory • Sex by association • Lulz-Blindness • Wikipedia's Greatest Hits Diseases | |
| Experiments: |
ask.fm • Brainwashing • Hypnosis • Milgram Experiment • Scientology • Stanford Prison Experiment • The Hivemind Corollary | |
| Sites: |
Above Top Secret • B/ • Bodies Under Siege • CYOC • Chatroulette • Defense Industries Organization • Deeker • FoolQuest.com • InkBunny • Neuticles.com • Psyke.org • WarpMyMind.com | |
| See also: |
American Psychiatric Association • Anger • ASMR • Child abuse • Conscience • Dreams • DSM • Elan School • Enlightenment • Intelligence • Lobotomy • Mary Bell • Psychiatristy • Serial Killers • Take the meat bridge • The Law of Conformity • Trigger Warning |
