On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:19:12 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> In the absense of vocal tone and body language, that tends to happen
> on Usenet. Use some emoticons.
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> Cindy Hamilton

Yep, that's why Computer Nerds invented emoticons! To impart emotion to their otherwise lifeless ASCII text.

John Kuthe...