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What to Text Someone Who's Going Through a Hard Time

You’ve typed “Sending love and light” and deleted it four times. The good news is they aren’t grading your text.

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Halloween as a Gen X Kid: A Report

If you were born between 1965 and 1980, you trick-or-treated in a different country. It had the same streets and the same houses. Nobody was watching you.

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How to Leave a Group Chat Without Making It Weird

The event ends, but the chat lives forever. Now it's 11:40 p.m. and 14 people are reacting to a photo of someone's sourdough.

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How to Ask for a Refund Without Starting a War

Asking for a refund should be simple. Somehow it turns into a three-day hostage negotiation with a chat window named Kayla.

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How to Reply to a Backhanded Compliment

"Wow, you actually look really put together today!" The word "actually" did a lot of quiet damage in that sentence.

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"Your Package Is Arriving Today" and Other Works of Fiction

My package is arriving today, according to a company that's also showing me it's in Ohio. I'm in California, but apparently we're both supposed to stay positive.

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Is This Text Passive-Aggressive? 9 Signs to Spot It

Nobody ever starts a fight with "I'm furious." They start it with "Sure. Fine." Then you're standing in the kitchen, phone in hand, rereading two words like a…

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25 Gen X Observations That Are Just Facts at This Point

25 dry, unbothered Gen X observations about work, technology, feelings, and why nobody needs to know your business.

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I Hate the Grammar Police. Unless You’re Being an Asshole.

I hate the grammar police. Unless you’re being an asshole. Then suddenly I’m the fucking copy editor. A look at grammar mistakes, language shaming, and when *you’re is completely justified.

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The Internet Keeps Inventing More Dramatic Ways to Say “I Laughed”

LOL wasn’t dramatic enough. Now we’re crying, screaming, dying and communicating entirely through skulls. Here’s how the internet keeps finding new ways to say, “I laughed.”

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