I had a walking date with a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time. The night before, the following WhatsApp conversation ensued:
“You both have self-respect, I suggest. See you tomorrow.”
„Self-respect? You mean keep your distance?”
“Self-esteem self-test!”
“Yes that’s okay.”
“It did it again, the autocorrect. And we keep self-respect in it.”
A version of this article also appeared in NRC on the morning of January 10, 2022
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