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user-inactivated · 3780 days ago · link · · parent · post: Unexpectedly raw Grantland review of Because the Internet -- wait til you get to the part about the internet
Speaking from a socially anxious perspective, I don't think there's a difference between the two. As you say here: My best conversations are online because I have trouble conversing about anything at a deeper level in person. It almost seems as if people avoid deep conversations in person. They'll only be banal. Talking to people in person is similar to my view on driving a car - it's necessary to do it, and I need to learn to do it well, but I don't have to enjoy it.interactions in personal space seem on the face of it much more fulfilling -- but often they're so banal