Face-to-face Interaction Gifts

The town without cell phones.

"I don't know why you always have to choose the same hide-and-go-seek hiding spot that I do, Tommy!"

Text Culture

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

"Global warming is a great icebreaker."

Glance Exchange

"Why would I want to meet Santa? I can just go home and log onto his social media page from the comfort of my bed."

I'm not good with names but never forget a face. Of course, that's not very useful right now.

"I've been out of the dating scene a long time. Is kissing still a thing?"

"Will follow you on social media for food."

Life on Earth - The original chat room.

'You're good with people. Just tell him to go fuck himself.'

"And lastly, for my infinite perseverance, self-control and fortitude, I'd like to thank the Internet trolls."

'I'll review your salary next spring.'

"They certainly are jolly creatures aren't they?"

'I don't care if he is the most interesting man in the world, his tweets about what he had for breakfast are still boring.'

"I'm a Doctor and I was in the house, but I have on stage presence."

"If I go to the party alone, will I be able to leave when I want? But then, there's always the possibility that I will get stuck talking to someone. I can't shake the problem is me. What if no one else likes me? I'm the only one being critical... The issue is I'm not enough and it's really so huge." "The over thinker"

"I'm on Twitter and I get the feeling I'm not being followed."

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

"My battery died too. Wanna talk?"

"Let's welcome our new member, Bob!" "You, too!" "'You, too'? Idiot!"

How were the academic departments on the campuses you visited? Dad!!! Stop stressing me!! College hunting is hard enough without you prying into every detail of my life! Arrghh!! How were the drama departments?

"So I'm assuming it's not always a good thing when a tweet goes viral."

"Sorry, I don't really believe in being social offline."

"There she is! Don’t be nervous. Just be yourself, walk over there and sniff her."

I CAME. I FOLLOWED. I COMMENTED. I SHARED.

"‘How is everything?’ Well, I don’t think everything is going very well … but my pasta is excellent, thank you."

"When did tweeting become such an angry thing?"

"It's an adjustment being a handshake guy in a fist-bump company."

"I learned my social skills on social media. . . what's it to you anyway you stupid cow?!"

I'm afraid nurse Wilcox can't have a supportive caring chat with you until she's had the appropriate training.

Impasse in the corridor of the National Society of Common Courtesy.

"We met through a contact tracing app."

"We only shop brick and mortar because my husband likes to be disgruntled face-to-face when returning things."