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fwip on July 17, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stop Microsoft users sending 'reactions' to email ...

Cathy (from newspaper funny pages) would frequently use "ACK!" as an exclamation of distress/frustration.

EvanAnderson on July 17, 2024 [–]

This must be why my wife asks if I'm okay (or if I saw a spider, etc) when I reply to her text messages with "ACK".

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