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Originally Posted by reuben_tate

(Also, random note, doesn't have much to do with this topic but it occurred to me as I was typing this post. Does anyone else have the issue of people you can't remember saying "hi" to you? Whenever I walk around school, there are people that are like "Hey Reuben!" and I exchange a "hey" back but I don't even know who they there (although they may seem familiar).)

For me it's the other way around. I say hello to someone I recognize from another class or whatever and that person just gives me a weird look, stays quiet, or goes "hey" and turns around.

"Going outside" is overrated. Some users in this thread mentioned that they do regret the decision of "going out" several times, and it's generally not a good decision if it is with people that do not have much in common with interests. I can't talk about rhythm games to people around me because it won't make sense. I'd rather interact with people that have an idea of what I'm saying, not just those dry boring topics like "hey how are classes going" or "cold outside, isn't it?" etc.

Either way I personally prefer non-verbal communication. If there is an interesting discussion going on but someone keeps mispronouncing words or saying other things etc. I don't like that. In front of a screen and with a keyboard there's more time to reasonably think things out rather than be somewhere in the flesh and around people that are willing to interrupt you and ignore just to "win". It also solves the problem of people who have strong foreign accents and talk too fast; they can normally type words and be understandable.