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Yes it’s a real service. I do volunteer work for a rape crisis support service in my city and texting is one of the features we provide as well. But just to boost its credibility, I tried it myself:

You can also text “Steve” to 741741 if you’re a young person of color. The website for more info is stevefund.org

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large — I contain multitudes.”

“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.”

“Happy meat, really? I am haunted by the ghosts of nearly 2,000 happy pigs.”

“The things you are passionate about are not random. They are your calling.”