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I get wanting to experience The Group Event in person. I really do. But when you say the *only* way to really experience things is live and in person, my agoraphobic ass is done.
I& #39;ve been sitting here thinking about the relief it is to witness an event on a screen instead of doing the 1000 things it takes me to get through a live event. Don& #39;t tell me I would have enjoyed it better live. I wouldn& #39;t have.
There are so many people in this world, through circumstance or preference, who view things at a remove from Live and in Person. It is ok to feel its lack for yourself, but don& #39;t tell me *we* aren& #39;t living.
Seeing things live and in person is a different experience, not an objectively better one.
The same goes for Twitter and Discord and whatever app connects you. For some of us (certainly for me, esp. when I was housebound), that *is* the main avenue of broad social connection.
I can& #39;t flippantly call sites like this a cesspool, any more than you can tell your favorite coffee shop to fuck off. Because when y& #39;all go back to your outside jobs, I& #39;ll still be here.
And look, I know these tweets won& #39;t resonate with most people right now. They aren& #39;t your experience. You want what you need and miss. That& #39;s fine.
I& #39;m just saying some folks don& #39;t seek the Live In-Person Event and live fine and creative lives without it.
I& #39;m in the middle, perhaps. I dislike agoraphobia. I fight it every day. But the reason I get to fight it AND still have a social life is because of a screen.
