>>122751its a very unique perspective on what consequences the internet would potentially have on people from a time when the internet was just starting to see mainstream adoption. the whole plotlines of the "Lain" in real life and the "Lain" in the Wired becoming blurred is a very interesting point. Lain increasingly losing more and more of her human connections as she continues to become one with the Internet itself, until she literally BECOMES the internet and ceases to be human is incredibly interesting. It basically accurately predicted how a lot of people basically live nowadays, with very little actual real life happening, and everything basically happening online. Hauntingly beautiful and poignant stuff.
>reddit spaceSadly of course the show's themes of "allowing the internet to consume you entirely is generally a bad thing" are lost on most people and gets buried in the sea of "SHES TOTALLY ME" femcels and troons who either never watched the show or the message was entirely lost on them.