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What ever gave me the delusion that I'd ever adapt enough to this world to get along in it?  I can't adapt well enough to get along online.

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Online communication is at a disadvantage: the lack of tone and facial expression means the potential for miscommunication in any given phrase is that much higher. Not only that, communicating with people all over the world means you're dealing with that many more different dialects with different assumptions about what the text alone means.

(Someone expresses frustration. I say, "I'm sorry." They say, "Why? It's not your fault." But in my dialect, "I'm sorry" frequently doesn't mean one is taking responsibility; it's only an expression of sympathy.)

I can't speak to your ability to interact socially IRL, but I wouldn't recommend using online interaction as a metric.