Post #1506610
2026-04-21 16:36 UTC
@Kestenan yeah, it's specifically 'in isolation' and often 'in response to an expression of stuff being Real Bad' that it stings.
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@Kestenan@meow.social 2026-04-21 16:39
@jacel oh god yes. I’d never (I think)! I tend do do the solo emoji in response to jokes or witty replies!
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@jacel@m.prettyshiny.org 2026-04-21 16:40
@Kestenan (hence the 'i try to take it in the spirit in which it's offered') I know it means 'i see your suffering'. I know it means 'i'd like you to feel better'. I know it means 'i don't know what to say so here's /something/'. What it ends up feeling like is 'thoughts and prayers' and 'we'll get through it somehow' and a thousand other platitudes people have used to string me along until admitting 'i never had any intention of actually doing anything, I just had to let you think otherwise'.