“Maybe sex, in its shocking intimacy and unavoidable closeness, can act as a balm for all that digital distance. Maybe if you start to see other people as merely their profile pictures and Tinder bios, it can bridge the digital-analog gap to see their face twist up in pleasure, hear their moans and squeals of delight, and feel their muscles tense beneath you.”
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