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[โ€“] frogfruit 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They can at least verbalize that they saw something funny so that I know they're actually willing/ready to share because I hate asking and then waiting as they finish watching/reading/texting.

[โ€“] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Understandable. Though from my end, I wouldn't want to say "I just saw something funny" because to me that's socially obligating them to ask what it is, and maybe they're not interested. I prefer doing the laugh because that gives them the choice of whether they want to ask. Though on the other end, I can imagine not wanting to ask because maybe it wasn't something the laugher wanted to share.