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Speed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Mar 2

@FediTips That smarmy tone, and "you'll receive payment" , like, d'uh. I live in Norway, and our tone is pretty matter-of-fact, not exactly gushing, but does *anybody* *anywhere* actually communicate like that ?

Yes, for real, where I live

33.3%

No, never seen non-sarcastically

66.7%

Poll ended at Mar 3 at 10:46pm.

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Chamomile 🐑

@hakona @FediTips It's trying to mimick the ingratiating corporate tone that large US-based services use. It's not a particularly good imitation though (comes across as a bit dated) and people definitely don't speak that way in a personal context.