This made me smile a little. As a hermit-by-choice, this has long been one of my theories about the rest of you talking monkeys when I'm feeling uncharitable.
Well, you're active here on HN, so you're not exactly a hermit in any traditional sense of the word.
Uhuh. Because traditionally, the Web existed
Traditionally, a hermit is someone who eschews contact with others, of any kind. Hermits don't spend their time writing and reading letters, for example, which have existed forever.