Inspired by the emergence of Kreayshawn, or more precisely the inability to wrap one's brain around it, my friend Edith wrote, in an essay for the New York Times that was published back in November, the following: "The Internet is a new kind of barometer for keeping track of exactly how old you feel: how many things you don’t get, how many mini-Internet worlds you can’t find the door to; exactly how many crickets in the world you can no longer hear chirping.

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