An ode to email <3

keep your crusty gmail account around for spam and trials and signups and
whatever else, and get yourself a fastmail.com account. or a migadu.com account
if you're a techie.

set email type to plaintext-only. this email account will only ever send
or receive text.

email waits patiently. it sits still and does not make a fuss. if your friend
doesn't respond, send another email to another friend. the conversations move
slowly, sometimes over the course of many years. this is the antithesis of
modern communication.

think of email the same way you'd think of a penpal.

email connects people intimately and loosely.