Sometimes, we realize we aren't being ourselves in really strange ways. For me, I kind of noticed that I may have been holding onto some nostalgia from my high school days.
Back then, whenever I'd get home from work, I'd get cleaned up, hop on my desktop PC, and start playing some Rocket League with a buddy for.. around 3 hours or so. Good Times. Great Times, even. We weren't amazing, but that's not what it was really about, obviously. We were just happy to be online and have a good time. I think the thiing I'd forgotten is that, times change, people change, and circumstance changes.
There's been about an 8 year gap since then. Sure, I can get ahold of some friends once in a blue moon, but lately I've finally started to notice the fact that the main reason I still have a PC at all anymore is for the rare chance that one of my peers wants to hop online. I'm not bashing anyone for not being online, because truth is, it's usually me that's unavailable. It's just a relief knowing that the giant box on my desk that was just for games can go. It can go and make someone else happy and I can move on to whatever stage of my life is next, and if I keep friends or lose friends or whatever, then that's just how it goes.
I don't think I'd lose anyone just from getting rid of my PC, but it will be neat to see how my relationships with these people change based on the changes in my life. If our main form of interaction isn't thru one medium, what will be the next medium? Will I meet a new side to my friends I'm unfamiliar to, or will they see a new side of me?