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I read the news today, oh boy.
Except I read it on my iPhone.
As always, it was depressing as news often is. Regardless, I read it, scrolling through the headlines until one caught my eye.
Then another.
Then another.
As quickly as they appeared, they disappeared because there were so many yet-unread headlines that may be just a tad more juicy. Who knows what I might be missing if I stopped scrolling just then?
Such is the reality of living in a digital world, where the promise of something more interesting is just a scroll, swipe or click away.
Reading the news is no different from finding a date…
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