CountDowners is a livestreaming blog that Mateo frequents. On it, Deckers livestream their End Day activities, and friends or family members of the deceased occasionally post eulogies.
CountDowners Quotes in They Both Die at the End
The They Both Die at the End quotes below are all either spoken by CountDowners or refer to CountDowners. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Howie Maldonado, 5:23 p.m.
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“What would’ve made you happy?” Delilah asks.
Love comes to mind, immediately, and it surprises him like a lightning bolt on a day with clear forecasts. Howie never felt lonely, because he could go online at any moment and find himself flooded with messages. But affection from millions and intimacy from that one special person are completely different beasts.
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CountDowners Term Timeline in They Both Die at the End
The timeline below shows where the term CountDowners appears in They Both Die at the End. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
September 5, 2017: Mateo Torrez, 12:22 a.m.
...distinctive alert, and Mateo feels like a skydiver. A minute ago he was reading a CountDowners entry about a college kid trying to find a home for his dog, but now,...
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Mateo, 1:06 a.m.
Mateo leaps into bed and feels immediate relief. He returns to reading the CountDowner’s post. The Decker’s name is Keith; he preferred running with his dog to spending time...
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Mateo, 1:32 a.m.
CountDowners is depressing, but Mateo thinks that he has to pay attention. It’s his responsibility to...
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Mateo, 5:20 a.m.
...he’ll never visit. Mateo suggests they visit the Travel Arena, which has good reviews on CountDowners, but Rufus says he never reads that sort of thing. He asks Mateo what Mateo...
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Rufus, 6:48 a.m.
...but he dances around what happened at his funeral. He refuses to set up a CountDowners profile, but he allows Mateo to look through his Instagram. It makes Rufus feel exposed....
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