Why it is hard to keep in touch with people

have you ever tried correspondence

2026-02-11

My grandmother prefers to communicate through longform email. (My grandfather prefers not to communicate.)

My uncle is pretty much only reachable by facebook.

Minnow refuses to answer a call or a text, but will immediately respond to marco polo with a 60 minute reply.

Lucy, I have to mail an obscure mailing list and hope that he eventually sees it and then also decides to reply.

Jessup is only on Signal.

Ace says he’s on xmpp, but that’s not really true. But he is on irc all the time.

Lucha is on xmpp but the difference in our timezones means that I usually fire off a message and then expect a reply the next day.

Bebuf and I are classic penpals and exchange handwritten letters in the mail.

My brothers are timid. They will text or call but only after apologizing profusely and insisting that nothing is wrong and everything is okay.

Safe and I usually exchange messages in the comment section of a game blog on itch.io

Wrmr and I only talk on a parody of a social network on a remote ssh server.

If I want to talk to the twins, I have to send a video message to their mom and hope that she shows it to them.

Khrht is the only person who seems to exclusively prefer phone calls. If you call, he’ll pick up immediately but you can’t seem to get a hold of him any other way.

Archie won’t answer texts or calls but will post on discord every once in a while.

I keep up with Oatly on mastodon.

Groper you can only get to talk in person, face-to-face.

Kronshi is mostly only on usenet.

Snacks lives literally next door but we only talk at the gym.

My dog is available 24/7.