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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by brutusborn on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:30AM (#24552898)
What does the (!) after "busy" mean? P.s. Thankyou for sharing your experience, it's very insightful.
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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by nefitty on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:00AM (#24553055)
They’re probably using it to express incredulity.

“The mechanic told me it would cost $5000(!) to fix, so I decided to scrap the car instead.”

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