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prev eng @webflow . chaotic energy. a guy on the street mocked my cackle once. 日系人. she/her

Seattle, WA

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Joined February 2018

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@KatieFujihara

katie

9 months

happy 2024! after taking a few months off to refresh & rejuvenate, I am officially on the job hunt. i am looking to make the transition from swe into technical program management! please reach out if you are looking for someone who can bring tech skills with a dash of whimsy! 🎉

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@KatieFujihara

katie

5 years

"I make six figures but have 3 roommates" starter pack

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5 years

Hi, I'm a junior software engineer. You might know me from my hits "sorry, I have a question," "sorry if this is a silly question, " "sorry if I asked this before, " and the chart topping "sorry to bother you again."

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Hi, I'm a Developer Advocate. You might know me from my hits "in this tutorial", "hit me up if you have any questions", "I'll be in town next week", and the chart topping "thanks for the feedback, I'll pass it on to the team".

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4 years

my promotion is officially official 🎉 no longer a junior software engineer😊

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4 years

is there anything worse than a swe trying to flirt with you by pointing out that you do frontend and they do backend so you could make an app together 🥴

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5 years

Recently, I spoke at a local meetup about my experience breaking into tech and things I did, that people can do too. The fact that I said contributing to OSS can be a great thing to do, I got flagged for breaking CoC because it was a "microagression." I am absolutely appalled.

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6 years

You think coding is hard? Try perfecting winged eyeliner.

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4 years

all i have is respect for the owner of

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4 years

being a software engineer doesn’t make you special, being a senior engineer doesn’t make you god. do we forget this is an occupation not a personality type?

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6 years

All I wanna do is *gunshots* *gunshots* *click* *cash register noise* get a job in tech so that I will have better resources to mentor and help others

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3 years

you know what arent button? divs. you know what are buttons? buttons.

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5 years

Ever work at some place so toxic, that even years later you still question your worth and competency?

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4 years

me my react component 🤝 plz give me props

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5 years

Was nodding off and my sleep brain was visualizing a component <Ramen /> and I was debating what kind of "broth" prop I should pass in and I hate myself. Goodnight.

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katie

3 years

i don't think our small human brains were built for processing this many tragic and traumatic events over a short period of time

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katie

5 years

Dear tech industry, Please treat junior engineers and aspiring junior engineers with respect. These are PEOPLE with families, medical needs, financial burden. This idea that juniors are cheap and replaceable sickens me, truly. TREAT PEOPLE EQUALLY YOU COWARDS.

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4 years

tfw it still feels like you are battling burnout related brain fog but your pto for the holidays is coming to an end and you start to anxiously obsess over being “recharged” come next week 🥴

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katie

3 years

can't ever go back to working in an office because i focus on coding best when i am singing along to broadway musicals

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katie

5 years

two years ago, i decided that i hated the direction my life was going...so I decided to do a complete life pivot. now, somehow i am working @webflow as a software engineer. i have experienced a new level of happiness in the past few months i never thought i deserved. wild.

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4 years

as a jr swe who doesn’t live and breathe code (i wouldn’t even say it is on the top 10 list of things I enjoy), i often grapple with guilt, wishing i was driven to do more learning and side projects outside of work. it’s hard to not compare with others who seem to LOVE it.

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katie

3 years

seeing a bunch of my code school classmates purchase homes over the past couple years really shows how life changing learning to code can be. for as flawed as tech is, there is no denying how it can give people opportunities they never thought they’d be able to have.

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katie

3 years

today my friend said “what is that apple guy’s name...tom nook?” she meant tim cook 😭😭

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katie

4 years

being friends with a lot of introverts is seeing, "[so-and-so] is typing" for 5 minutes straight, only to eventually get a "😂"

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katie

3 years

no one: me to the code i write: "oh fuck you, fuck off"

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katie

3 years

ppl on tech twitter when they get a new job 😭

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i’m happy to announce that i will be announcing my announcement soon 🤍

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3 years

different, but the whole hbo integration test thing reminds me of when i found this gem on airbnb

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6 years

My was taken so guess who is the new owner of

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3 years

im tired of doing work that feels invisible im tired of doing work that feels invisible im tired of doing work that feels invisible

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katie

4 years

going to have to set up my dev environment on a new work computer plz pray for me

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4 years

does anyone else who speaks another language have a different persona between your different languages?

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katie

3 years

curious what the top 3 most important things in a job is for other people. for me it’s: 1) salary 2) stability 3) coworkers

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katie

4 years

what does a girl have to do to get engagement around here? tweet about functional programming??!!1!!

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katie

4 years

i swear some developers forget how hard it is to land your first role. the process for me was arduous, frustrating, and incredibly disheartening. my sense of self-worth plummeted. show some kindness and empathy for developers who are going through that process during a pandemic.

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5 years

Is being the most tired and busy person in the room a flex nowadays? I feel like people try to one-up each other on who is the most exhausted. Let's not glorify burnout, friends.

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katie

4 years

here’s to 27! 🎉

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katie

5 years

MORE EXCITING NEWS ALERT!🎉 I am happy to announce I will be joining @webflow at the end of the month working on their design system team! In the end, I didn't have to compromise my values or integrity to get my dream role. Thank you to everyone for all the support along the way!

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4 years

me when someone i respect follows me: wow okay only smart content from now on i have to look smart, don’t blow it...i am an educated queen me five minutes later: tweets about gravy again

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katie

3 years

motion to refer to code reviews as vibe checks from this day forward

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katie

5 years

Below is my 1 slide on OSS. I am hurting. This is further distancing me from the Portland tech community. It makes me want to quit going to meetups and quit speaking.

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4 years

i will say this every time a marginalized community is trying to process a traumatic event: u really tweeting about javascript today?

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4 years

it’s been a year in quarantine, have you: a) got a dog b) got a tattoo c) had a baby

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4 years

the scariest people are the ones who say things with such conviction that even when they have no idea what they are talking about end up making you doubt yourself when you, in fact, know what you are talking about

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3 years

it’s officially official! i will be moving to seattle in the middle of june! 🎉

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katie

4 years

Reminder that on this day in 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which displaced over 120,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast and put them in internment camps. We often don’t think about the lasting impact that this had on the Japanese American community.

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3 years

normalize reminding people of someone else's pronouns if they keep misgendering, even if that person isn't in the room.

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katie

4 years

was talking to my japanese friend about american dating apps and her one takeaway was “why do they hold so much fish”

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3 years

when a company you were bullied out of posts an inspirational post about how they take mental health seriously so all employees got world mental health day off 🥴

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6 years

DESIGNERS! If you have web page mockups that don't involve a lot of different pages, I will help you build it and deploy it for you so you can use it on your portfolio. No fancy functionality, but it is something you can actually link to. I need to practice for some interviews.

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4 years

we don’t talk about how long-lasting the damage is when you have a bad manager. a manager can make or break you. i had a manager 4 years ago who would belittle me so much, ever since then i’ve been trying to rebuild my confidence and am terrified every time i get a new manager.

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most people have never had a truly great manager at work and that is a travesty

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3 years

I gave a talk last week on how to be your biggest advocate so you can work more efficiently towards promotions. One thing I pushed in this talk is having a progress doc, so I wanted to share how I have organized mine and how I maintain it. Hopefully it'll help you in some way!

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4 years

i feel like an ipad at 5% battery trying to charge with an iphone charger...if that makes sense

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4 years

volunteered at a drive thru covid vaccine clinic today and was able to get my first dose of pfizer 🎉

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katie

5 years

Ending a 9-year relationship that started in HS is so weird. This person was such a huge part of my life for a huge portion of my life. Looking at old photos is a little sad. On the flipside, I am glad we can both start living our lives as independent adults for the first time.

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4 years

just putting it out there that my dad may be 61, but he is still cooler than i'll ever be

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katie

4 years

never let a white boy make you feel bad about yourself 🥴

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katie

5 years

tbh it feels extra lonely being an asian american who lives alone in a non-diverse city like portland during times like this. aside from just self-isolating, the anti-asian, xenophobic messages flying around makes everything just a little more tough.

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katie

4 years

who else has trouble treating themselves to nice things even if you can afford it 😭

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katie

3 years

the fact that i can live my life and not constantly worry about finances or my future is life-changing in itself. while making >$100k doesn’t guarantee you a lavish lifestyle nowadays, the ability to live comfortably is life-changing.

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$100K salary is life-changing money. Period.

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5 years

Having a moment of what the fuck is my life even right now. 4 months ago I was going through one of the hardest periods of my life, and somehow I'm now in Mexico living in some sort of fantasy reality. With some of the nicest people I've ever had the chance to meet.

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5 years

hello it's me, the person who sits near the front and nods a lot during conference and meetup talks.

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3 years

imposter syndrome is truly something

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5 years

Are non-native-English-speaking devs wizards? Like...English is my first language and I have absolutely 0 clue what this means:

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5 years

THIS IS TOO RELATABLE I'M UNCOMFORTABLE "where are you from?" "oh uhh I'm from Hawai'i" "ahh so your parents are Hawaiian?" "oh no, they are uh Japanese" "not Hawaiian?? so they're from Japan?" "oh no, they are American" "🤔" "so I'm a 4th gen Japanese American..."

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katie

4 years

coding isn’t exclusively for geniuses, but it’s also not easy. it’s normal to feel confused and to not understand concepts immediately. you’re basically training your brain to think in an abstract way you’ve probably never had to do before. be kind to yourself!❤️

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Help a new dev with one tweet 💛

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5 years

Kiki and Tombo reporting for duty!

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4 years

to protect myself from having growth stunted from switching managers i have a folder with key documents that i pass from manager to manager. (1/3)

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If you aren't already, you should be using brag documents at work. If you're a manager, make one for your team. If you're IC, make one for yourself. Then when you finish something send it to your manager and their manager.

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katie

5 years

The three stages of attending a conference: Wired Tired Inspired

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4 years

yes, i am a well-adjusted person who turns 27 today and just stress-made a mini living room for my dog (the painting is a portrait of him a kid painted)

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2 years

lol @figma do u wanna jam or somethin?

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katie

5 years

Apparently I have >5k friends now following my tech journey. Many of you have been around from when I was in a coding bootcamp, witnessed my long struggle to find my first dev role, and celebrated when I finally found my perfect fit. I always wake up grateful for this community.

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katie

5 years

It's AMAZING how much working remote has helped with my mental health. While I love interacting with coworkers, I have always experienced crippling anxiety when going into an office. This definitely affected my performance in the past, and would make me feel terrible as a result.

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4 years

ever have one of those days where you feel so incompetent as a software engineer that you have to just start randomly making carnitas

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3 years

everyday i struggle with the fact that i feel like im doing a job that doesn't use the skills that i am most proud of and that i'm not being challenged in ways that i want to be. changing careers to be a swe was purely for financial stability, and now im left feeling unfulfilled.

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3 years

omg someone at nintendo is NOT okay

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4 years

spring is here!!!!

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4 years

- always assuming "good intent" will keep you in toxic situations longer than you need to be - you have needs and they are worth prioritizing - you aren't actually overreacting

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What’s the hardest lesson you learned in the last five years?

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3 years

it's been about 4 years since i quit my last full-time job before pursuing a career change, cut to now and my salary has almost tripled. i think more than the salary, what brings me the most pride is doing a job that hs or college me would have never considered an option.

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5 years

First time using pure HTML and CSS to make an illustration... so I chose to do a shamisen (Japanese three-stringed instrument).

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3 years

why yes this used to be my mentor at work, and yes i’m fucking proud of her

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5 years

Just wanted to clarify things. The reason why I didn't directly @ the meetup is because the ppl in my community who I am warning can easily figure out who it is. But I wanted to avoid a MASS roast. I acknowledge that they help some folks in the community, just not people like me.

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katie

4 years

LOL OH NO I hope no one is joining my twitter for software engineering

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@KatieFujihara I joined your tweet thinking I would see tweets about software engineering and I get some teenager ironing her laundry online.

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katie

5 years

Cw: suicide 4 years ago I was hospitalized in a psychiatric ward because I wanted to kill myself. Today, I am the happiest I have EVER been, seriously.

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Hey, you, stop for a moment and think about where you wanted to be 4 years ago and where you're now. Give yourself credit for how far you've come and pat yourself on the back for everything you've achieved along the way. Now go on with your day & shine even brighter. ✨

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4 years

oh hayyy #NewProfilePic

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3 years

hot (but beautiful) day in the north cascades

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5 years

Tech Spice Girls™ @venikunche @techgirl1908 @TatianaTMac @TaelurAlexis

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katie

4 years

white mediocrity is when i, a japanese major who lived in japan, have never and will never tell anyone i can speak japanese fluently or claim bilingual status, but a white dude who took a few classes and can say “my name is trevor” will gloat about being fluent 🙃

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3 years

found out that i inspired my dad to take interest in dei efforts at his work, so today he gave a presentation for his company called Words Matter, a talk on how language matters and the dangers of making assumptions. i’m so freaking proud 😭😭

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katie

4 years

something that’s interesting is the choice of words in certain dev tools. as an example ‘git blame’ has always sounded so accusatory to me even if it’s a helpful and neutral tool. part of me wonders if these words being baked into our vocabulary contributes to toxic environments.

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3 years

finally feel like i understand what white ppl exp when they go to an asian grocery store. was trying to make banana pudding and didn’t know what half the ingredients were or where to find them. like wtf is a frozen whipped topping???

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4 years

just realized i am wearing allbirds, airpods, and a branded patagonia jacket, officially making me my own worst nightmare

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katie

5 years

Nobody: Me: -does something and nothing breaks- Me: I am a hacker, the coder, call me Master of the Codes.

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5 years

Someone make an app called "Plant Parenthood" where you can connect with people who will water your plants when you are out of town, thanks!

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5 years

Not to sound like I am being rash, but can people point me in the direction of excellent tech communities outside of Portland? One that is actually diverse and doesn't just do performance inclusion? Seriously considering moving after some of the things I have experienced here.

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5 years

What do me and your open source project have in common We both have a lot of issues that no one wants to touch 👈🤠👈

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katie

5 years

For me, the most frustrating kind of depression is when everything in life is going wonderfully but my heart carries this deep sadness and there is this fatigue that I can't shake. It reminds me that depression isn't just situational...it is actual brain chemistry.

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3 years

s/o to all my conflict-averse people who have created a brand around being "easy going" because it's easier to ignore your own needs than to possibly stir the pot, and now you're trying to learn, as an adult, how to set boundaries and prioritize yourself 🥴

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3 years

volunteered again today and got my second dose of pfizer 🎉

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volunteered at a drive thru covid vaccine clinic today and was able to get my first dose of pfizer 🎉

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4 years

7 hours later plz clap

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4 years

if you see an asian woman with a balayage she is flexing her status and also her patience

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4 years

WHEN RANDOM MEN ON THE STREET INFANTILIZE ME AND CALL ME ADORABLE WHY DO I LAUGH UNCOMFORTABLY AND SAY THANKS INSTEAD OF DROP KICKING THEM

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Are you a conference speaker? Are you tired of getting audience statements instead of questions after your talk? Do you wish you could somehow politely decline post-talk conversation? Hello, I am an extrovert/bodyguard for hire. I will engage with people, so you don't have to.

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