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The Dog in the Profile Picture

4 min de leitura · Anônimo · Premium

4 min de leitura · Premium

It started with a notification I almost swiped away without thinking.

It was a Tuesday, the dull middle of an ordinary week. I was on the couch with a mug of tea going cold on the armrest, half-watching some cooking show, scrolling through my phone the way you do when you are too tired to actually be entertained. Instagram showed me one of those "suggested for you" rows along the top, the little carousel of accounts it thinks you might know. I usually skipped past them. Strangers, mostly. Old acquaintances. A woman from a yoga class I quit two years ago.

But this one stopped my thumb.

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