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According to her children, area mother Maria Drummond is running with every one of Venmo’s GIF suggestions. “Every time she requests my share of the cellphone bill, she picks one of the GIFs Venmo suggests of a cellphone doing a little dance or something,” said Drummond’s daughter, adding that her mother will often include a GIF that isn’t remotely related to the purpose of the payment. “Or if we go to lunch, she’ll choose the first GIF that comes up of a sandwich with the word “yum!” animated across it. One time she paid me for sushi and the GIF was a pug with a birthday hat, which clearly she couldn’t have come up with on her own. The woman will do whatever the app tells her to.” At press time, Drummond went ahead with any emoji that iMessage recommended.
