4-year-old devastated to learn that photos can be deleted

Forever is a very long time.

Miles Klee

Updated on May 30 2021 6:51 pm CDT

Nothing lasts in life—not youth, and definitely not digital photos. This came as especially bad news to 4-year-old Cadence, who accidentally deleted a snapshot from her Uncle Dave.

In an emotional YouTube plea, Cadence explained the problem of impermanence and beseeched her uncle to send another photo. (We imagine he held onto the original, just in case.)

Let this be a lesson for anyone with clumsy thumbs.

Photo via TwentyTwoWords/YouTube

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Miles Klee

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He’s the author of two odd books of fiction, ‘Ivyland’ and ‘True False.’