Aaron Parecki

That thing of reading about other peoples' lockdown experiences and realising that it's not very different to my regular life, that many introverts are having lately.. but more specifically I'm discovering that meeting friends regularly in-person is a huge part of life for most people - and I guess was common for me too at one point - but that I completely went without since I started travelling and just got used to my friends and family being almost entirely online (aka in my pocket) for years now. I don't really know where I'm going with this. Just that it's interesting seeing people adjusting to it (or failing to) and I don't even remember having much of a period of adjustment, it was quite natural for me. Maybe I'm just an antisocial asshole. I love all my friends and family, really I do, even in pixel form. https://rhiaro.co.uk/2020/05/lockdown

@aaronpk I don't have a list, but Goofspiel would work fine, so long as you could see both people's faces and what cards they played.

Blackjack would work. Casinos use multiple decks. Granted they’re mixed up but it shouldn’t matter.

@aaronpk I used to play Yugioh over chat client where everyone played their cards physically in real life and put in chat their plays, but that requires a considerable degree of trust that no one’s cheating. With friends, though, perfectly possible, especially if you’re playing caveman Yugioh (or synchro era or earlier in general really.)

smash that "like" button if you love the concept of validation

I 100% went to bed thinking that today was going to be Monday. I was ready - clicked on the video call for the first meeting and waited 4 minutes before realizing that it’s Sunday.

It finally got me. Lol.