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Sliders, the 90s sci-fi TV show had an episode that explored similar themes with VR. Also the 2020 indie adventure game Virtua Verse also has similar VR themes dominating people's perceptions of reality to the point that some people spend their whole lives in love a robot that looks like a beautiful person when you have your headset on.
Do you remember which episode? I loved sliders. I'm up for an episode that'll make me depressed about my present!
Season 4, episode 4. "Virtual Slide"
You know what depressed me? I wanted to rewatch Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, but the episode I loaded up first from the entire run of the show? The one where a pandemic hit their town... and this was in 2021 or 2022, right when COVID-19 was still raging and pretty much on everyone's mind. That immediately got me off.
Ever read The Stand by King?
First time I read I got to around 1/4 of the way through and felt sick. Thought "jeeze, suggestible much?"
Ended up having the flu for the first time in my life.
Then when the new whoopie Goldberg version came out I sat down to watch it with my mom, and got so sick. Had pancreatitis. Lmao
Shit! I literally tried to watch another episode of dr. Quinn and it also was about vaccines and vaccine denial! Damn it!