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[throughbamboo]

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[throughbamboo]

Hmm . . . got my phone mostly figured out . . .

[doggonemad]

Good, 'cause that shit's always changin'.

[throughbamboo]

'S a phone, as long as it makes calls I don't care 'bout the rest.

[a beat]

Guess the messagin' thing is handy too.

[doggonemad]

It's real handy! Ya got the internet in yer pocket!

[throughbamboo]

That's for the e-mail stuff, ain't it?

[doggonemad]

. . .

Bro. You have so much to learn.

[ leans forward to snatch up a small laptop from the coffee table. ]

[throughbamboo]

I told ya it'd be a list.

[but he shifts a little closer, curious]

[doggonemad]

[ opens it up and loads up a web browser, going to a news site. ]

No time like the present, right?

[throughbamboo]

Y'gonna show me how to - what's it called, swim the web?

[doggonemad]

Holy fuck, yer an old fart.

[throughbamboo]

[elbowing him, wow]

[doggonemad]

[ cackles! and starts to click around. ]

It's "surfin' the net," bro. But no one says that anymore, they ain't since the 90s.

[throughbamboo]

[leaning in to better squint at the screen]

Then what're ya supposed to call it?

[doggonemad]

S'just the internet.

[throughbamboo]

Huh.

[he nods to the screen] Guessin' this is the same shit ya'd find in the newspaper?

[doggonemad]

Yeah, 'cept ya don't gotta wait for it ta go to print.

[throughbamboo]

[he hums a bit in understanding]

Instant news is pretty handy.

[doggonemad]

Right? It's the best.

[throughbamboo]

Okay, so news an' e-mail. What else?

[as he scrolls past it - ]

They chose a real bad picture of ya.

[doggonemad]

Hmm?

[throughbamboo]

[he makes a gesture]

Y'gotta make it go back up.

[doggonemad]

[ scrolls back up . . . ]

[throughbamboo]

[as he scrolls up, there's a short (thankfully) short article about what happened, just rehashing what was shown on the news, complete with a couple of pictures. You know, the kind you need to click on to make bigger]

See? 'S tiny. Not that I wanna see yer mug in the paper, but ya can barely see it.

[doggonemad]

Oh, yeah. We gotta click on it ta actually see the story.

[ does . . . that . . . ]

[throughbamboo]

- oh. That does make it easier.