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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ A very scarred, very muscular shirtless blond appears. His slightly accented, polite soft-spoken tone confuse the purpose of the transmission. ]

Please, stop using colored, typewritter text. It throws off my translator, I have no idea what you're saying, and it's annoying.

...thank you.

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[innheritance.livejournal.com]

Oh.. I thought the text was pretty cute.

[ Not that she would ever do something so impolite herself. ]

Your translator? Oh! Does that mean you can't understand most of the stuff said? [ Growing very sheepish quick, she averts her gaze. ] Can you.. understand me right now?

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not. [ Abel crosses his arms. ]

I can't read English, but I can understand it if it's spoken. I can speak it too.

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[innheritance.livejournal.com]

No one has confused you with emoticons or anything like that, have they? I never thought what it would be like if you c-couldn't read it..

[ Just a tad bit nervous. ]

S-sorry if I offended you.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what an 'emoticon' is, so...no.

[ Abel knows that look. Instead of ranting on the network like a shirtless troglodyte, he should've eaten his way through his annoyance, like always. ] You didn't. It's...not common knowledge.

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

I think it's kind of cool. I didn't even know you could do stuff like that on these things.

[grapplings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I forget for some people, 'coolness' is more important than accessibility.

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

I've never used these things before and I can understand these weird people fine.

[grapplings.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're not having any problems. [ Sarcasm? Hard to tell. ] But I am.

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[athngabla.livejournal.com]

Trust me, you're not missing much.

[A pause.]

Actually, I think most of them at this point go something like "why are we all doing this?"

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ His head hangs, his words clipped, his tone dejected. ] I...know, I just...don't like the feeling of being unable to understand what others are saying.

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[athngabla.livejournal.com]

[He pauses and nods, somewhat somberly.] I can understand that feeling. Guess the value of what you're missing doesn't matter too much, in that case.

Didn't know these things had a translator function though. Learn something every day.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

I know it probably doesn't, but I hope it doesn't spread.

Maybe because it does his job well and you don't notice it...until it doesn't.

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[renovate-you.livejournal.com]

I agree. It's damn annoying to read.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ Finally, someone who agrees! Abel smiles, the weight of the world lifting from his shoulders. ] I...might've come too strongly asking everyone to stop, but...I can't read it.

I don't even know how this got started, but I want it to stop.

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[renovate-you.livejournal.com]

[ Well, that's only going to make him smile in return. Damn contagious things. Mostly because everyone else is freaked out when talking to him. ]

Nah, you weren't that bad. Glad somebody did it before me, though. Probably would pissed a lot of people off.

'unno about that either, but I guess they think it's fun? Typing's hard enough to read when it's in default. [ Or maybe you just have bad eyesight, Kanji. ]

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

But you probably wouldn't have gone shirtless [ Yes, that was a very dumb move. ] I guess, though I don't see how giving others a hard time is funny.

The translator does a good job, most of the time.

[chiefu.livejournal.com]

It's a very weird trend...

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

[ Oh, it's the girl he sent onto the ground... ] Worst part, they think it's funny. It's not, and I'm probably not the only person who can't read English.

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[chiefu.livejournal.com]

Oh! I didn't think people wouldn't be able to read English. I mean, I didn't think I could...

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

I don't see the point in it myself. I figure it may just be high-spirited children or something.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

No point but annoyance. I think it's adults too.

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

I see. Wonderful.

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[rocker]

I am sure it will pass over soon enough. It seems they are just.. [ how to put this in a diplomatic manner.. ] having fun with discovering new functions of sorts.

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[grapplings.livejournal.com]

I hope so.

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[rocker]

It is not that hard to just not pay much attention to it, right?