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Tech is full of white male elites, and without people of color both present and occupying positions of power and decision-making, our future will only continue to get more white.

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The defining feature of Snapchat, is its finality. Lasting only 10 seconds, each snap is a portrait of everyday life that, unless screen capped or found via a government database, is ultimately gone forever.

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Phones, these incredible devices that hold so much potential to create connections between humans through exchanges, too often create distance. I wonder what Alexander Graham Bell would have thought of that.

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I love you, save me, fix me, fix my phone, I didn’t mean that, please love me, my fate rests in your hands.

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We all could use the opportunity to just take a second and appreciate the moment, appreciate the now.

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Relationships are much simpler than our generation makes them out to be. It’s now common to hear people saying things like, “Well, he was kind of rude to me on the date, but then this morning he liked my status AND my cover photo, so…”

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A few years ago, I called my friend and asked her to log in to my bank account and transfer money from my savings into my checking so I could pay my weed dealer. GOD, WERE WE EVER SO YOUNG?! (and smart phoneless?)

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The (very obvious) limitations that my BlackBerry has are what keep me connected to reality. It does what I need it to do. I can write long emails and documents with the keyboard while the phone is in my pocket. I can buy movie tickets and make dinner reservations.

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Don’t ever tell me “Ugh, I have NO money” when you’re wearing a Marc Jacobs dress. You know who has your money? Marc Jacobs and your parents. Go get it back from them and stop pretending like you’re broke.

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Don’t text me during the day. We’ve only been loosely seeing each other for five months. I say “loosely” because we’ve seen each other 10 or 12 times since we first met and each time has been after midnight when both of us are sufficiently inebriated because that’s when we’re OK with texting each other.