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>never made any sense to me
Don't worry brother, most people don't consciously notice anything either. Socializing is a skill that has to be learnt like any other, people aren't just born knowing how to interact.

There are little things, like eye contact, that VR just can't replicate until the technology advances. People obviously look at you when you have their attention, right? Not in VR. Most people do that trick with making the eyes concave so they follow your point of view, which makes it look like everyone's looking at you even when they aren't. So, you walk up and say "Hi" and then everyone in that group talks over you or just ignores you because you haven't done any of the social 'handshaking' that would make it acceptable to integrate yourself into the conversation as a stranger. You kind of have to force yourself in until people pay attention to you, which isn't as feasible for a stranger like me in a group with a well developed set of social links like /vrg/.