Ana Maria Dobre-Nir
He mumbled something, and I thought it was almost twenty years since we had first met. I took a few minutes to imagine how it would be if we parted if I started from scratch and signed up on Tinder. Is there such a thing as Tinder for women past their prime? Suddenly, I felt a panic surge about to take over. Somehow, the mere idea of being touched by a stranger sent shivers down my spine. So, I refrained from blaming him. I forgot about the trash and the bulb that hadn't been changed in years.
Radu Gramatovici
He mumbled something, and I thought it was almost twenty years since we had first met. I took a few minutes to imagine how it would be if we parted if I started from scratch and signed up on Tinder. Is there such a thing as Tinder for women past their prime? Suddenly, I felt a panic surge about to take over. Somehow, the mere idea of being touched by a stranger sent shivers down my spine. So, I refrained from blaming him. I forgot about the trash and the bulb that hadn't been changed in years.
Alina Ilie
What? Dating? Dear 12.0w, I believe so, yes. Some meaningless algorithms were discovered on their phones. I've already told you about the gadgets they used a hundred years ago for communication. These apps could match you with other people according to some specific requirements. We don't know what would come after that, maybe they would touch each other, or so I've heard. They say that, in those moments, people felt the temperature rise around them. We also have testimonies that they felt butterflies in their stomach. Horrible. Indeed.
(Translated by Bogdan Macarie / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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