[matsemann]

I remember many years ago, being 16 or so, playing WoW. My guild was having a raid, and suddenly one person writes "g2g, riots".

It was a weird feeling, suddenly something that was so long away on the news suddenly felt much closer. At least for me, the internet and the connections it has given me, have made me much more empathetic to other's struggles around the world.

[jonathanlydall]

Not as serious, but super surreal from the other side too.

When my pregnant wife was feeling a bit uncomfortable, I sent a chat message to my Team that I need to pop out and expect to be back within a couple of hours (not giving reasons).

An hour later I messaged to say our baby was arriving 10 weeks premature and didn’t know when I’d back at computer.