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AOL Instant Messenger, or AIM as it is known by anyone who has ever used it, was much more than a communication tool.

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I miss you but I’ve never met you

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Maybe it’s just me, but love just doesn’t seem real unless the interactions are taking place somewhere that necessitates some actual human decency.

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How to take a proper selfie, which is so much more difficult with a digital camera. What will usually work is just one arm extended above your head, facing forward, and glancing up at the camera with angst. Throw some Evanescence lyrics in the caption and you’re good.

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The gaming started in my school’s computer class. My private elementary school had a whole room full of thick, gray monitors: the kind that went blue with white robot text when they stopped working. The room was a narrow sliver off to the side of the library and we all sat in tiny chairs back to back, facing our screens.