...and now my phone looks like a 1995 newspaper that only reports bad news, which honestly makes me want to scroll even less. I kept it on for like three days but the real kicker was the camera, all my photos came out looking like moody black and white art films, which was kinda cool until I tried to show my mom a picture of my dog and she asked if he was sick. So I turned it off for the camera thing, but now I just set my screen to auto grayscale after 9pm and honestly my bedtime has never been more consistent. The weirdest part is I actually started reading longer posts instead of just thumbing past everything, because my brain couldn't get its quick hit from pretty colors anymore. I still miss the little red notification dots though, those things were basically my emotional support system.

The taco truck near my work has the same problem, their reader beeps like it worked but then nothing shows up. I got hit with a pending charge that took four days to drop off last month, so now I just bring cash there too. It is honestly less stressful than standing there refreshing my bank app.