It is possible that I come from a different generation. I was talking on various chats since I was a teen. Physical interaction was a complement and not a mutually exclusive state. And I still keep up with buddies, who live farther than I am willing to go, because internet allows for like minds to not be limited by geography alone.

I started a new job recently and results are mixed. One person I now chat with daily including weekends; some I only interact with the day I spend in office and that is ok too.

We are not all the same. We should not have pretend we are.