When people say IRL

Especially when they say the spelling of each letter rather than “In real life” Anytime I see this it feels extremely dystopian, you are SPEAKING, why are you even spelling an acronym that is only used in texting? Has your online life bleed that much into your real life?

Example (actual things people said..) “IRL streamer” just say streamer “IRL friend” Why do you call them that? Like its an abnormality to have a friend over an online friend “Going to an IRL weeding” it never occurred to me it was a digital wedding