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I'm leaving, and it's signed by a grumpy old man born before cell phones.
The decision by Thomas D'Orazio, a 51-year-old father living in Pennsylvania in the United States, sparked strong reactions on Twitter.
No longer supporting the influx of messages on the WhatsApp group that he shared with his wife and two daughters, he ended up taking leave, with humor.
His last message, posted on Twitter by his daughter, has been seen almost fifteen million times: "
I can't read all this, I can't stand having to always laugh or like or add little hearts to every thought, photo or joke published here.
Yes, I will love, I will laugh, I will always sympathize with you.
But I can't live with this pressure anymore, I'm leaving, and it's signed
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Leave WhatsApp, Messenger, Teams and other conversations, or at least mute them: a decision that goes against the grain in our hyper-connected world, but that some like Thomas D'Orazio end up taking, to free themselves from the flood of notifications, avoiding professional overwork, escaping clumsy messages from family boomers or ridiculous selfies from "
millennials
"... A choice that can sometimes be poorly received by those around you, or even cause discomfort.
However, there is no shortage of good reasons to take leave of these messaging services!
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