Queer furry ultrarunner and skiier.
Mostly a placeholder account for now.
Zylos
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To be fair after I got cable internet and was Always Online, I remember AIM was still good. We just need away messages again, a one-click setting for messenger apps that auto-replies with awful song lyrics and auto turns your icon to blank black.
No I definitely don't use humor and/or sarcasm to deflect discomfort.
Unrelated to everything around this situation I had my first therapy session recently.
I think about this constantly. In my particular case I specifically am definitely annoying and unwanted by the people around me, but you? You should reach out to that person. You should definitely make the first move and socialize because you'll probably brighten their day. But I probably shouldn't.
Dunno if it was the greatest but the era of LiveJournal,IRC, and message boards was probably the peak of feeling community online.
Or I was just a teenager.
Had to rip the classic from Instagram for this
Now I can't maintain a conversation online anymore at all. Messages are challenges to dread, always with an obligation to respond when something gets dropped in your lap with no context or prior meaning. I miss when talking was easier.
Back in the day when I was ready and hopped on IRC it felt like a night out with friends. Conversation flowed naturally and it felt productive even if it was just teenage bullshitting.
I miss the pre-"always online" days. I miss away messages and ways of signaling that you don't feel like a conversation at the moment without the phych warfare of read checkmarks. It meant that socializing was still an active activity online, not a passive one.
