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Re:Why Russians do not smile (2002) by tazjin on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:26PM (#27322054)
What are you expecting them to do?
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Re:Why Russians do not smile (2002) by hackerfromthefu on Friday May 28, 2021 @09:09PM (#27322275)
As gp is not speaking to themself, it's an interaction.

So maybe gp is expecting them to inter-act, ie make some reciprocal action of some kind back. Silence is an action, that in my culture usually means 'dont want to tell you my real response'.

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Re:Why Russians do not smile (2002) by profunctor on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:50PM (#27322188)
An ACK of some sort is expected when explaining something
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Re:Why Russians do not smile (2002) by jes on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:57PM (#27322216)
ACK
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