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social -~? 

I wonder what it is in our past that results in our tendency to see ":)" as really passive-aggressive even when we know it's not meant that way and it's coming from someone who we have never seen do anything passive-aggressively at all

is it related to our time on tumblr maybe?
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social -~? 

@Felthry Oh oof, that is /not fun/.

If that's me, I can _certainly_ try doing something else. [Does :3 do the same thing?]

re: social -~? 

@IceWolf every other emoticon seems to be fine; :3 or :D or ⠪3 or whatever

it's specific to ":)"
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re: social -~? 

@Felthry That's good to know, thanks!

re: social -~? 

@FelthryWe tend to read it as passive aggressive as well even when it isn’t. I also think for us it’s related to tumblr bc we saw it used passive aggressively enough it puts us on edge when we see it now :P
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