Online Couple Never Chats Anymore

We were just discussing this in class a few weeks ago about how we communicate online and how that affects our relationships with people. I just thought-- again, "The Onion" knows how to put it in a way that clearly mocks it, while all in the fun of the serious tone of a news article. The story may be based on real facts or not, but the messages are always clear because they mock a wider audience. In this case: internet communicators (which is a very large group of people!). Many people will understand the humor behind this article because of their experience with the internet and the signs that have come to have meaning through our use of them. LOL and IM and BRB are all symbols that sadly we can recognize. This is a lighthearted way to say that there is a fault line in cyber-communication or just to recognize the humor in it.