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canetoad

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10. This exchange has made me think about

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:33 AM

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How we grovel and scrape online, because we've been misunderstood. Because fucking emojis cannot take the place of eye and body language.

This obsequient language seems to have made its way into politics and newsrooms.

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I'm sorry. I can relate. It just doesn't seem possible with some people. They are such a force. Solly Mack Wednesday #1

Thank you no canetoad Wednesday #3

OK. My bad. No offense intended. Solly Mack Wednesday #5

Oh no, no no canetoad Wednesday #6

OMG, I'm so sorry canetoad Wednesday #7

I can relate to that too. :) Solly Mack Wednesday #8

This exchange has made me think about canetoad Wednesday #10

I miss the eye and body expressions when people are "talking" online. Solly Mack Wednesday #11

Well, you can always post about it here. calimary Wednesday #2

Don't know if I read that post canetoad Wednesday #4

It was from a L-O-N-G time ago. calimary Wednesday #9

Locking. Lasher Wednesday #12