There’s a great moment from the Pirate Bay trial that captures this:

Lawyer: "When was the first time you met IRL?"

Peter Sunde: "We don't use the expression IRL. We say AFK."

Judge: "IRL?"

Lawyer: "In real life."

Peter Sunde: "We don't like that expression. We say AFK — Away From Keyboard. We think that the internet is for real."

— Peter Sunde, The Pirate Bay trial (as shown in TPB AFK)

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard; Directed by Simon Klose (2013).

https://archive.org/details/TpbAfkThePirateBayAwayFromKeyboa...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPB_AFK