Family Zoom calls: you may not like extroverts, but you need us | Natalie Reilly

I craved connection, which may be a polite way of saying I needed other people to listen to me speak

Anyone who has been lucky to live through this, our second season of the pandemic, would say they hate Zoom. It's not a revelation. It's one of those annoying things, privileged, middle class adults get to whinge about, like parking spaces and the astringency of a cab sav.

And even though some companies allow you to turn off video during a Zoom chat, that sort of thing doesn't go down well in a family Zoom.