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I've been communicating with a person online for like a month now and we are similar people. But I've only talked to them asynchronously. Has anyone been in a situation like this? (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 months ago by jesse@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I guess I would like to communicate with them synchronously. Idk I'm super bad at human connection so I'm not sure how one would ask, this could be an exercise in self-improvement as much as anything. Any suggestions?

I have no idea what gender they are or any details about their personal life, and I guess that's part of the reason why they are so alluring? It's almost like I'm talking to someone who gets the same amount of fired up as me about the dumbest shit and the only other people I know who are like that are my best friend and his wife

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[–] jesse@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

Honestly, that's a good question. But I do think it would be cool to talk to someone who is like me in real time. Probably not anything more than a virtual friend, though I have irl friends who have developed friendships with people they met online and the concept is so foreign to me :(

Seeing the age we live in though, it doesn't seem too strange.