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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is it. They don't warn you in high school, but after school your friends will be in colleges or jobs miles away. This is just the way it is and if anything, cellphones would theoretically allow people to stay connected.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Smartphones turned everyone into chronic flakes though too. You can always bail at the last minute on flimsy plans you made when you were drunk because "you're not feeling it".