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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by CRConrad on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:06AM (#27829899)
Also weird. What's the picture supposed to show; someone with two wads of chewing tobacco under their upper lip?

If anything, that picture seems to be a desperate attempt at retrofitting something, no matter what exactly, onto the smiley -- just look at the name: "3smile".

(So I think I'll stick to "ballsack with eyes".)

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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by shaan7 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @05:21AM (#27831155)
hehe ;) I'll make another attempt: https://www.giga.de/webapps/smileys-fuer-den-facebook-chat/t...
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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by CRConrad on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:55PM (#27851065)
Aha, OK, kittycat. But also: Looks perhaps even more like a pinniped (eine Robbe). So I propose to use this as a marker for pointing out sealioning.

EDIT - Also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27849412

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