I am not sure what the (28m) parenthetic piece is in the title of this story, but it seems to have become kind of a meme. Lots of riffs on the title out there. The story itself is pretty darned good--seems to be from tomorrow's newspaper, so to speak. A social media company lets you create a virtual significant other. It kind of works like a Tamagotchi, you interact with it and it gets happier and better at being your partner. In this case, the girlfriend of a guy who is not trying to hook up that much but his parents are after him. It all sounds so very real that I think in 6 months it will be. Very well executed by Fonda Lee as well. Definitely go read it.
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