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16 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Wish I could use these Chinese emojis from QQ and WeChat everywhere else cause damn this is another dimension of emotions that can be expressed Chinese emojis from QQ and WeChat
More of them:
My personally top used is the nose picking one

Relative: when are you getting married?

Me: never Nose picking emoji
THE HUMBLEBRAG EMOJI...ALSO VERY IMPORTANT AND DIRELY MISSING FROM WESTERN APPS
And of course the "This conversation is over. Bye." emoji
OH this dog head is considered like...the sarcasm emoji. Very convenient.

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what if I wrote one of those culturally-inspired YA fantasies except the culture was Canadian culture
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Okay who's ready for THREAD: CULTURAL INSPIRATIONS AND OTHER TRIVIA & LORE IN AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER, BOOK 1

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I have somehow managed to see probably over a hundred hot takes criticizing Cyberpunk but not a single screenshot of the game,, what is going on
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My top 2 Twitter osmosis thoughts of December 2020:

1. Guess Cyberpunk bad??

2. WHO THE HELL IS ZHONGLI
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You want to know the difference between criticism and personal attacks? These are not criticisms. These are personal attacks.

Some prominent members of Chinese twitter have boosted these tweets. I've very disappointed. ImageImageImageImage
A grown adult with a big following made this drawing in reference to me? (FYI, "green tea" is slang for Bitch on the Chinese Internet). Excuse me, are we in elementary school? Image
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