Murr wrote:
It's depressing to admit, but I prefer using the internet over talking in person. I can relax and communicate in my own way, without normal types constantly scanning my every movement and prodding at me.
I think we are prone to prefer the internet because it filters out all of the expression which creates most of our problems. This puts everyone else on our level, which puts us at ease and requires less concentration from us. It's much less exhausting.
Because I've become pretty functional with regular people, in recent years I've gotten to where I'll move away from a chat on AIM to a phonecall or even meeting in person. I find that I can't get everything out as fast as I want even when typing (because the poor motor skills only take you so far in typing). It's still kind of exhausting, that up front interaction with other people, but the more I had gotten better at it, the less the exhaustion outweighed the positive psychological benefits of human contact.