@deadheat of course anime isn't the problem. We would be in a really sorry state collectively it were.

The problem is that we live in a state where solipsism is preferable to facing reality. When a memory feels as real as life, it's as valid as life, even if that memory belongs to someone else.

Thinking about a moment brings back the smell of cut grass, the warmth of another's hand on yours, the taste of another's tongue in your mouth. Wouldn't you rather lose yourself in such a memory then spend the night alone, staring at walls of metal and plastic?