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Do you like pi\u00f1a coladas? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you like getting caught in the rain? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you like reading your fellow students anonymously thirst over each other on a public Instagram page?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my personal opinion, it\u2019s hell yes to all three. Unfortunately @arcadiamissedconnections doesn\u2019t hand out pina coladas when it rains, but still it sure does attract a lot of thirsty students.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re a college student right now, you know the isolating feeling of being on a campus full of tired eyes and masked smiles. The keen feeling of campus life has been muffled by KN95 and now socializing is somehow more awkward than it was before. Here at Arcadia University about 90% of the students and faculty are fully vaccinated, which means students are back in classrooms and social events are trying their best under the anti-social covid guidelines. Trust me though, no one\u2019s going to lie and tell you that it\u2019s back to normal. In the wake of awkward six-foot-apart-and-double-masked conversation (don\u2019t even get me started on trying to flirt with a mask on), people have clung to online communication and social media for some stress-free connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 745 followers are clinging Titanic-style to the Arcadia Missed Connections (@arcadiamissedconnections) Instagram account, for their dose of student body interaction. The account summarizes their intentions innocently in their bio \u201csaw a cutie in the chat and didn’t get their number? look no further! submit a missed connection below\u201d and denies any affiliation with the university despite the iconic Grey Towers logo in their profile picture (the same one featured in Arcadia\u2019s own student-run PR agency \ud83e\uddd0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“who is getting to read all of these anonymous submissions, and are they posting all<\/em> of them?” <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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check out the matching castles pfps<\/em><\/strong> \u2192<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Understandably, this account is run anonymously, and whoever\u2019s behind it wants to keep it that way. They don\u2019t follow any accounts and were still able to attract over 700 followers since their first post on November 16, 2021. So what?<\/em> People have been posting personal ads since newspapers and Craigslist has been around since the 1990s. Well, from the perspective of a student, there\u2019s something exciting about knowing someone could be so<\/em> attracted to you without you knowing, that they would profess it online. One student actually echoes this idea in their submission, saying they \u201cjust want to feel like the main character of a coming of age teen movie.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially now during the pandemic era of existence, it\u2019s understandable that students are looking for a way to feel seen, but some of these posts make me think: who is getting to read all of these anonymous submissions, and are they posting all<\/em> of them? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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