A while ago, an old classmate I hadn't seen in 26 years asked to meet up, but I declined. I said I have severe social anxiety now, so we should do a video call instead.

To be honest, I do have some social anxiety these days—face-to-face meetings still feel awkward. In fact, meeting in person is a kind of forced social interaction, not as free as a video call. The effect is pretty much the same, though: we just chatted off and on about old times and caught up a bit.