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Claudia Alvis
Claudia Alvis  Identity Verified
Peru
Local time: 05:26
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Spanish
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Loss of human interaction Oct 18, 2009

This just happened to me:

A woman was outside my building looking for somebody there but she didn't know her apartment number. I've been to this person's place but I didn't remember the apartment number either. My first thought was texting her but I didn't have my phone with me. My second thought was DM her at Twitter, but I don't have her Twitter name. So I decided to email her from my place. Then the woman said, "why don't you just go to her apartment?"

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This just happened to me:

A woman was outside my building looking for somebody there but she didn't know her apartment number. I've been to this person's place but I didn't remember the apartment number either. My first thought was texting her but I didn't have my phone with me. My second thought was DM her at Twitter, but I don't have her Twitter name. So I decided to email her from my place. Then the woman said, "why don't you just go to her apartment?"

It just didn't occur to me, it was the most logical thing to do. I depend so much on my computer and gadgets that I couldn't think of simple human interaction. Sad. ▲ Collapse
 
Ali Tuna
Ali Tuna  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 06:26
Turkish to English
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When... Oct 19, 2009

... you are having a bad day,
...you reach for CTRL + ALT + DEL!
 
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