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  • PredictShe guesses your text before she reads it.
  • SurpriseGuessed wrong, in a good way? Dopamine spikes.
  • WantNow she's waiting on your next text.

SCHULTZ, DAYAN & MONTAGUE 1997 · BERRIDGE & ROBINSON 1998 · ILLUSTRATION, NOT MEASURED DATA

Same chat.
Different text.

  1. Openers ignored?

    SSarah
    hey how are you?! Still recovering from your dance moves.😂 omg don't 😭you were worse and you know it
    She bit.PLAY 01

  2. Frozen at ‘okay’?

    EEmma
    okay cool! Thursday, 8pm. Bring your trivia brain.❤️ lol deal 😂
    Thursday · 8:00 PMTrivia night
    Date: Thursday.PLAY 04

  3. Dies at ‘haha yeah’?

    MMia
    haha yeah So what else do you like to do?! Let me guess. You hit snooze four times. HOW did you know 😭ok what else do you know about mego
    She's chasing.PLAY 05

  4. Left on seen?

    JJess
    Hello??! 3 days later Dog in a raincoat. Thought of you. 🐶❤️ omgI NEED a picture rn
    She's back.PLAY 17

  5. One ‘k’. Panic?

    DDani
    k are you mad at me?! Sounds like a three-coffee kind of week. ugh it really istext me tmrw? 🥹
    She asked you.PLAY 18

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