Seriously, why does nobody use a mic in this game? It's 2016 and playing a tech savy space game.

Heh, I think I'm the exact opposite: I don't want to be distracted from the game, I want to concentrate on what I'm doing.  I'm very task-oriented, can you tell?

(Or perhaps it's because I am male and thus completely incapable of multitasking )

What are you talking about ? I'm quite upset with this comment, how dare you ? I'm a male too and right now I'm breathing, seeing, sensing, smelling, hearing... wait.. actually I can't smell anything particular, typing (WITH BOTH HANDS AMAGAD !!!) and focusing really hard to do all that, that's about .... *mumbles 2, 3....*.... SEVERAL things. I CAN multitask okay. Hell, I can multitask at multitasking if I feel like it. Don't believe me ? Okay watch this , now I'm gonna keep typing and start singing the Lion King song in 3, 2, 1.....oofh sheita IICAN4RT Muklatjaskn ;:!./

Back on topic, sure, talking with friends or even random pugs encounters can be fun but BE CAREFUL , for things are not always as they seem to be. Sometimes, especially if you're a pure innocent soul like myself, you'll naively start using your mic with someone you just became friends with. You'll start to chat, have a few laughs and before you know it, you realize that you're playing with a mad person, a crazy individual, like clinically insane, mentally ill, demented, psycho, nutty as a pistachio cake... you get the picture. Thing is, it's too late now, you can't back down, you're knee-deep into this and you just have to take it. Can you leave with that ? CAN YOU REALLY ? Oh you think so huh ? Have you ever experienced such a thing ? Because I have, several times over and trust me, no one can live through this experience and leave unscathed. 

^ Oh I know, especially in L4D