Digital Desires #3: Ghosting

Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, Night School | Vizla Kumaresan, Clinical Psychologist

22-Feb-17 15:00

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Digital Desires is a show exploring the intersection between technology and intimacy. On this episode, Night School's Ahmad Fuad Rahmat and psychologist Vizla Kumaresan explore a few common phrases, like ghosting, used to describe behaviours in the bewildering and complicated world of modern dating.

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Tags: The Bigger Picture, Live and Learn Culture, Relationships, Ghosting, Catfish, Catfishing, Breadcrumbing, Text Soaked, Thirst Trap, Slang, Dating, Terms, serisedlatigid

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