The traditional "meet-cute" (spilling coffee on a stranger) is dying. It is being replaced by the
In the early 2000s, LDRs relied on scheduled phone calls and emails. Videocom changed the rules by creating a simulated co-presence . When a couple falls asleep on a Zoom call or eats dinner while FaceTiming, they are engaging in "ambient intimacy." They aren't necessarily talking; they are simply there .