21 Google Searches That Perfectly Sum Up Being In Your Early 20s

The "is there a Tinder for friendship?" search

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1. The overly dramatic (but still very real) “please stop this aching in my heart” search

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2. The “this might worry my family a little bit” search

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3. The “hope for the future of aging” search

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4. The “I should probably know this already” search

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5. The “inevitable downward spiral to WebMD” search

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6. The “bad idea, but still gonna do it” search

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7. The “is there a Tinder for friendship?” search

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8. The “going to get a lot of stupid Yahoo Answers” search

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9. The “I’ve been watching the news too much and I’m kind of freaking out” search

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10. The “really embarrassing if anyone knows you Googled this” search

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11. The “watching an entire season of a show on Netflix in one sitting” search

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12. The “please help me” search

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13. The “naive and full of optimism” search

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14. The “working as a millennial” search

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15. The “never gonna happen” search

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16. The “wish I had an actual answer” search

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17. The “bank account running low” search

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18. The “grasping at straws” search

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19. The “when will I outgrow this?” search

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20. The “help me be an adult” search

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21. The “honestly, what am I doing?” search

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