Tell me honestly: do really think that I thought the OP's argument was that people will literally think of you as imaginary.
Of course I don't.
What you've done is to take the least charitable interpretation of my argument by believing that I was using the OP's language of "real human" literally.
The OP's argument is that "if you're not physically present near them, they will forget that you really exist as a human and a social peer."
My interpretation of that is that they won't see you as a real person with whom they can have a real relationship with, and that you can't you can't maintain a social peer relationship without physical contact.
To best way to describe what I, (and I'm 99% sure the OP) mean when they say real person: You read in the newspaper that a man was shot. You know he exists and you may know something about him, but he doesn't feel like a real person to you. His death doesn't cause you grief the same way the death of a friend or neighbor would.
Of course I don't.
What you've done is to take the least charitable interpretation of my argument by believing that I was using the OP's language of "real human" literally.
The OP's argument is that "if you're not physically present near them, they will forget that you really exist as a human and a social peer."
My interpretation of that is that they won't see you as a real person with whom they can have a real relationship with, and that you can't you can't maintain a social peer relationship without physical contact.
To best way to describe what I, (and I'm 99% sure the OP) mean when they say real person: You read in the newspaper that a man was shot. You know he exists and you may know something about him, but he doesn't feel like a real person to you. His death doesn't cause you grief the same way the death of a friend or neighbor would.