Group Chat at Midnight
An audio diary from a group chat that spans five time zones, so somebody is always awake.
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Placeholder transcript. Noah: It's midnight here. Priya: It's half past ten in the morning here, I'm in maths. Amani: Stop messaging during class!
Placeholder audio story. The clip on this page is a short placeholder tone, not a real recording.
About this story
Perspectives
Canada
When I can't sleep, somebody in the chat is already awake.
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India
I mute the chat during school and read 200 messages at lunch.
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Kenya
We invented our own language of emojis because typing in three languages is slow.
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Reflection
What we took away
What surprised us?
How quickly we developed in-jokes across languages.
What did we assume?
That time zones would make it hard to talk. They make it easier.
What did we learn?
Our phones are where most of our friendships actually happen.
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Language exchange · Ages 12–18 · 1 hour
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