[General] Friendship

I've made a lot of acquaintances and friends while in Guelph these past three years.  I don't quite seem to make the friendships I used to, though.  I think I remain a bit distant and reserved.  I'm fun and amusing and adventurous, but I think people experience a barrier between myself and them.  Like the smile is a bit of a façade.  It might be.  I'm not sure.



So I find it immensely pleasurable that thanks to the Internet and Nintendo, I've been able to spend more time with my best friend, despite him living in Terranova.  In particular, Mario Kart.  Nintendo in their wisdom has limited the opportunities for voice chat, so children won't hear crude language (a noble cause indeed), but my friend and I chat over Google Hangouts instead.



Sure, the conversation isn't always the most sophisticated, but one thing I've always appreciated about him is that he and I can look at almost anything in the world and find something interesting about it.  And that happens in games as well.  And we have lots of opportunities to chat about things unrelated to the games. 



Nintendo and modern technology have created a comfortable environment for us to have meaningful social interactions in.  I was thinking about how gigabit internet (thanks Google Fibre) and 4K displays will help upgrade remote social interactions, so that in the future we can have realistic conversations on the other side of a window.  Next stop, VR?