“And seeing it from the eyes of someone who was proud to do the f*cked-up thing, rather than news…”

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“”And seeing it from the eyes of someone who was proud to do the f*cked-up thing, rather than news reporting on the f*cked-up thing—it just hurts you so much harder, for some reason. It just gives you a much darker view of humanity.””

– The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed.

“”It’s true that the game can twist relationships, usually by forcing a leap to a higher degree…”

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“”It’s true that the game can twist relationships, usually by forcing a leap to a higher degree of intimacy, but this can be a positive development. “Really what we’re doing,” Luke says when I ask him why he plays, “is trying to use the weird medium of texting to create new ways of interacting with people.” In this view, Damage Control turns texting into something more than a mode of communication. It is texting as a new art form. “It can be transcendent,” Luke says. “But mainly it’s just terrifying.”””

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They began to confide in each other. A genuine friendship began to form. Brad knew he could never meet her—she would recognize him from their failed date—so he refused to send her pictures of his face. She didn’t seem to mind. She enjoyed having open conversations, free of social context, with a perfect stranger.

Would you let a friend send a message to any contact in your phone?