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I have absolutely no idea what your experience is, but like... the one friend I’ve kept in touch with over the years, we communicate almost entirely over text (
by vertex-four 8y ago
I have absolutely no idea what your experience is, but like... the one friend I’ve kept in touch with over the years, we communicate almost entirely over text (IRC) and meet up a handful of times a year. Your first paragraph here isn’t one of universal fact, it’s one of your own personal experience.
- dmitryminkovsky 8y agoYou're right. I didn't mean to make it sound universal, because it's not. What I meant to say is that even though you can keep up on IRC and other instant media, the fact that they are instant often drives you to communicate reactively, instead of reflectively. Does that make more sense? Sure, you can be asynchronous if you don't look at your messages or regulate yourself so you have time to process before you reply. But I think no matter what, the instantaneity drives us to be reactive, even the most mindful among us.