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Comment author: Lumifer 13 May 2015 07:44:04PM 2 points [-]

people bond over superstimuli

People bond over strong shared emotions.

If you are willing to equate superstimuli to strong emotions then "people who are immune to superstimuli" are common -- we call them "depressed", "anhedonic", and "possessing a flat affect".