Digital Intimacy

mortalityplays:

• knowing when your friend is out of the house, because their phone capitalises their messages
• noticing they’re down because that was the wrong emoticon
• lol vs lmao vs hahaha vs ahaha
  
• subtly wrapping your schedule around the edges of timezones on the other side of the world
• conversations that play out over a week because you’re both perpetually idle but you want to know how they’re doing
• not being able to wake up for an alarm, but leaping halfway across the house for the message alert you’ve been waiting for
  
• talking to the same person about different topics in three conversations simultaneously
• knowing when your friends have been spending time together because they start to type alike 
• watching them start and stop typing over and over and not interrupting, because this must be important
  

omgdean:

do you ever just start thinking about your best friend and how great they are and how, even if they can’t see it, you somehow know without a doubt that they’re one of the most incredible people you’ve ever met and it’s just like, they’re funny and cute and kind and beautiful and just so freaking important that you can’t even believe that you’re lucky enough to be friends with them??? i mean wo w

galifianafuck:

have you ever talked to someone that youre completely comfortable with and you can just tell them anything you want and they wont judge you for it or they’ll actually make an effort and try to make an interesting conversation about it like you can talk about different kind of sauces or pasta with them for an hour and the conversation will never get boring

nebulasresolution:

If I am ignoring you, I apologize. I become distracted and will focus on one thing a while. Sometimes I’m just emotionally overwhelmed and I have to lay down for a while. I’m not ignoring you because it’s you it’s because life is distracting and hard and so sometimes I just need to stop talking to people and sometimes I do that suddenly.

jackaldope:

i really like long-distance domesticity. like, when you get into the habit of saying good morning and goodnight to someone, telling someone your plans for the day not because they’re remarkable but so they’ll know what you’re up to, telling someone where you’re going, if you’ll be drinking, when you’ll be home, asking someone if they’ve eaten or showered or slept or taken their meds, that kind of thing. just the habitual knowledge of another person’s life over a space of hundreds or thousands of miles. that’s cool

therealhorusszahhak:

do you have one of those followers that you see reblogging from you all the time so you have their url memorized out of fondness

grodus:

true friendship is being comfortable enough to openly discuss pornography with each other

pyromama:

making my friends happy is literally the best feeling in the whole world

I’m fiercely over-protective of certain fictional characters