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After I watched Dream of a Life, I found myself scrolling through Facebook, reassured by the everyday ticker of friends' lives, the comforting mundanity of families, jobs, pets.
Since moving to Los Angeles a year and a half ago, I've often found myself scrolling through the Yahoo Weather app on my iPhone — when I'm waiting for the bus, or for a tardy friend, or just sitting on my couch at home, procrastinating but sick of Twitter.
As I've used Highlight in San Francisco over the past month or so, I've found myself scrolling through to see who's nearby, ignoring any messages from interesting people as I continue working, and then going back hours or days later — and geographically far from where I'd made the connection — and continuing the conversation.
That said, being both in my twenties and intensely neurotic, I found myself scrolling through with marginal interest.
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