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[heliophilic]

[Happy New Year, MoM. M is lounging on one of his couches in his apartment, a laptop partially visible in his lap.]

So how many of you have gotten one of these Instagrahm things? My boyfriend gave me grief about not having one of these--or any social media really--to talk to my "fans" with, so I figured one of my New Year's resolutions would be to give one a shot.

[The camera pans down to the laptop, where M's brand new Instagrahm "butwithpunching" (he steadfastly refused going with "officialm") is visible. It's so new that he hasn't posted anything yet. M turns the camera back up to his face.]

I guess the first thing is "add me." Or "follow me." Or whatever. That's what you're supposed to say in this situation, isn't it? Second part is a question--or I suppose a few questions...

Are you one of these people who pimps themselves out to get the most followers? Why? What do you all get out of this?

No need for the "how to" tutorial... I already know exactly how this all works. [The beauty of implants that give him an innate understanding of computers.] It's the why I haven't figured out yet.

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[littlemissfutility]

Only if they take cool pictures.

[She shrugs.]

Or if they like the same stuff I do. It's like your M's Gems thing--you can get recommendations and stuff.

[heliophilic]

[Well it's not his so much as a thing that sprung around him, but he understands the sentiment... sort of.]

I have never felt more ancient than right now. I've always thought I was hip and with it with the kid lingo.

[Yes, he's picking the lamest words on purpose.]

[littlemissfutility]

Only people my dad's age get to say "hip." [And he's like seventy so you definitely don't qualify, Midnighter.

But after rolling her eyes, she relents.]

I feel kind of out of it, too. And I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to know what's hip.

[heliophilic]

I thought it would help sell my newfound senility, and it sounds like it worked.

[Your eyeroll means nothing to him. He makes no apologies for this.]

And why's that? Not a fan of playing the game?

[littlemissfutility]

[Ughhhhhhhh. But he's not wrong.

She shakes her head, burrowing her chin down into the scarf around her neck.]

We don't have this stuff at home anymore. TV, or movies, or the internet--or whatever. So everything here is pretty cool to me. It's weird to go back to some things being cooler than others just because.

[heliophilic]

[He arches an eyebrow slightly at the word "anymore," but he decides to let that go. If she wants to mention it, she will.]

If anything, that should make you a trendsetter. You aren't jaded by pointless things yet.

[littlemissfutility]

[She laughs, relieved that she doesn't have to have the "the world ended where I came from" conversation tonight.]

I think trendsetters are supposed to know what's already happening. So they don't reinvent the wheel.

[heliophilic]

It isn't about reinventing the wheel, it's about feeling left out. No one wants to be left out, so if it seems like everyone else is having fun over there, well then they want to go have fun over there too.