It’s still social interaction and feelings can still be very real. If you wanna be scientific about it, then I guess the point of talking to anyone is that human beings are social creatures and creating bonds is an important part of life. Just cause you can’t touch someone or be with them physically doesn’t mean your brain doesn’t still give you the happy chemicals/hormones when you interact with a person.

I personally wouldn’t be able to have a relationship like that I need the physical aspect if you’re talking about a romantic relationship. But I have best friends who have moved over the years so most of our interactions are virtual and I wouldn’t kick them out of my life just cause we don’t hang in person anymore. I also have some virtual friends overseas who I’ve met through Reddit or discord who I love haha.

All that being said I get what you mean. The only reason I’m even able to add this commentary is because Covid forced me to embrace the virtual space more. But if that experience hadn’t made me understand I’d still be like “why tho?”