Even with Zoom and other more casual chat apps, video chat can feel sort of flat. Especially the kind of hanging out where you’re not really doing anything in particular, not talking about any one thing-just kind of being.Īs we continue to stay physically distant from one another, it can be hard to feel socially present with the tools we have.

During these long, mundane physically-distant days, stretching on into an uncertain future like an ever-lengthening beigeish corridor, it’s impossible not to miss hanging out with friends.