Hit 500 days straight using a secure messenger, realized I've sent more encrypted texts than actual spoken words to my best friend.

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Yeah, that hits close to home. I'll go weeks just texting my closest friend, these long threads about nothing and everything. Then we finally get on a call and my voice feels rusty, like I forgot how to do it. It's weird how the deepest talks can happen without a single sound.

reese861mo ago

Ever think texts make you worse at talking? @emeryfox, I used to believe typing everything out was just cleaner. But my last video call with my brother proved me wrong. We'd been messaging for months, and hearing his laugh again after all that silence hit different. It's not the same when you can't hear the other person breathe between words.

blair_allen12d ago

That thing you said about hearing his laugh hit different - do you think typing out "lol" has actually messed with how we hear real laughter in our heads?