You can call it illusion, I call it talking to the same friends I'm sadly not seeing every week and then continuing our online discussions in person, or vice ve

You can call it illusion, I call it talking to the same friends I'm sadly not seeing every week and then continuing our online discussions in person, or vice versa. I've actually tried to hint that I'm not trying to convey this as a complete replacement, it works fine for me. I personally don't feel alone when I can talk to certain people over the internet, but I do when I am not conversing.