>>49066835I think this is one of the best takes on this
> The ENs think (subconsciously or otherwise) that they are above this entire industry. They are above the culture, above the audience.>Comments like this are an ego-driven reaction to a perceived lowering of status.Here's piece of evidence that further supports it
You NEVER hear the EN girls EVER say anything disparaging or distancing themselves from the other girls or there senpais in JP.
Never, despite the fact that their relationships with the other girls are just as fake as the relationship with the fans.
So why dont we ever hear them talk this way about those "parasocial" relationships ?
Because they dont mind being percieved as friends with the other girls.
Thats not an insult to them
But the idea of what they do for a living, of pretending to be friends with a bunch of wierd loosers, is so repulsive to them that they keep slipping up and saying dumb shit like this