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[recollecters]

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[momentaryspring]

No. If I do, that's another summer's worth of part-time work to replace it, and it'll end up filled with useless programs anyway.

[daemonized]

Exactly. No one is going to do what they should, and so say goodbye to privacy. Or your soul. Or both. No matter, as long as we can share photos and status updates with each other.

[If he sounds critical, it's not like he's throwing his phone away either.]

[momentaryspring]

My soul is firmly ensconced in my body, thank you!

What is a status update? Is that the one that's 25 characters?

[daemonized]

Are you sure about that? We can have a philosophical discussion about it if you like.

You've never posted a status update?

[momentaryspring]

Urgh, spare me. I have enough to worry about, and I already had to talk to some chat bot going on about the Unknown.

I mostly use my phone to contact my family and CLOSE friends. It's not like I always get reception anyway.

[daemonized]

The Unknown? With a capital "U"? It must be legitimate.

Family and close friends aren't allergic to status updates, you know. There's a hole in your reasoning. And what's wrong with your reception?

[momentaryspring]

The hole in my reasoning is that you still haven't told me what a status update is! How am I supposed to make one?!

I just do a lot of walking, that's all. There are dead spots.

[daemonized]

It's exactly as it sounds. Yes, the bit with the character limit. You, imagine this, update your current status with it.

Are you a hiker? Do you trek through underground tunnels? Do you just prefer to wander through dead zones? Regardless, it sounds very inconvenient.

[momentaryspring]

That sounds silly. Why not just call someone up and tell them?

And the first two. It's not so bad. People used to live without cell phones.

[daemonized]

It's faster this way. Garners more attention with the least amount of effort.

Indeed so. But that's hardly the case now, is it?

[momentaryspring]

If you really wanted to get attention, there's always standing in the middle of the shopping district and yelling.

[daemonized]

So you're saying I should yell about my status updates in the middle of a crowded shopping center?

[momentaryspring]

yes

[daemonized]

Do me a favor? Try it for me. Tell me of the results.

[momentaryspring]

I actually have shouted things in a shopping center, though I can't say that they were status updates.

But in any case, of course not. I only said yes because it would be funny.

[daemonized]

And I'm asking you to do so for the same reason. Isn't that novel?

[momentaryspring]

Since I've already done the first part, I might as well tell you now:

They're surprised at first, but after that people don't really care.

[daemonized]

Then what's the point? People figuratively yell on social media so that they can garner responses. Likes. All sorts of shallow attentions to feed the ego.

[momentaryspring]

I think there is still room for using it for more normal things.

[daemonized]

Of course. But that's hardly what garners the spotlight.

Take a look around this app, for example. You'll see what I mean.

[momentaryspring]

I see a lot of people complaining about this app.

A LOT.

[daemonized]

And yet indulging themselves in the inanity of it, all the same.

[momentaryspring]

Are you all right?

[daemonized]

((continued here!))