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Sometimes I stop talking to people because I don't think there is anything interesting to say.
Sometimes it's because I have to say something that's long/complicated, and I can't find enough time to write/say it.
And sometimes it's because I see no use for talking to the other person, so I just ignore them. (But I don't do this if they are expecting me to reply.)
If you have something long/complicated to say, would you eventually attempt to get around to saying it?
I may have occasionally had long heart-to-hearts with people I had been out of contact with for a long time, but to the extent that I am remembering this correctly I suspect that it is a way in which I am atypical.
Yes, unless I feel that the utility I would get out of saying it is less than the utility lost by spending the time to do so. (I value my time pretty highly, sometimes a bit irrationally, so this could happen often.)