Aha, you haven't missed much on my silly little corner of the internet, lol. It is a busy time with the farming, so the house has been lagging behind a bit. Though I did fix up one of your old M39 service rifles recently. It really impresses me how well your people rebuilt them back in the day. It shoots so much better than a regular Mosin Nagant that there is no comparison, lol.

Anyway, in response to the meat of your post: I think this is one of the reasons I like the internet so much. I can be alone, which is how I like it, but still have social interactions that fill that human need for socialization, beneath the desire for solitude. But the best thing is that those social interactions can be focused and efficient, and happen in a timeframe of my own choosing, so that I am not exhausted by it. Maybe I am being a little selfish for thinking that way, but I guess if it works and keeps one mentally healthy, then hooray. :P

I don't think there is anything wrong with being a loner. We have that certain stigma attached to it, like "Oooh, he is a loner and doesn't talk much, so be must be a crazy Unibomber or School Shooter or Child Molester or something!" But it seems to me like Narcissism is what causes these sorts of bad insanity, not being a loner. If anything, I sometimes think that maybe the whole "Being a loner is bad" narrative is perpetuated by Collectivist thought (maybe even just subconsciously, but still perpetuated), in order to keep people from being Independent Individuals and thinking outside the Collective.

But I dunno. Maybe I am just a crazy loner, thinking crazy thoughts. :P