I revisited #everquest last night, for nostalgia's sake, which was one of the first 3d mmorpgs. I played it obsessively in high school. Revisiting it, it was interesting to see how things changed. And the memories of playing online with my best friends from childhood resurfaced, and it made me miss them very much. Though they walk this earth today, we've been out of touch for decades…
and in pondering the past I realized that interacting with my friends online was also something super fun they looked forward to, and that I was someone important in their lives.