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I love having long nails. I also love having my job. And up until recently, I could only comfortably have one or the other. As an editor and writer, I’m behind a computer screen for eight (nine… 10…) hours a day to finish the stories for you, Beloved Reader. Typing with long nails slows down the process significantly. It also invites typos—something we editors can’t really make, you know? But perhaps worst of all: Feeling the “tap” of a key under the tip of an almond-shaped acrylic or the gummy movement of a sticky tab under a press-on nail prompts a visceral reaction for me. (I’m gagging right now.)