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Post by oh oooh on Dec 28, 2020 21:10:04 GMT
Susanna Hoffs:
sending a virtual hug to anybody who could use one
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Post by tory on Dec 28, 2020 21:28:56 GMT
It's meaningless isn't it.
It doesn't fuck me off as much as people who wear "free hugs" t-shirts though, like this
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Post by Charlie O. on Dec 28, 2020 21:33:20 GMT
Susanna Hoffs: sending a virtual hug to anybody who could use oneY'know... it's a well-wishing. It may be of no practical use, but I can't see getting any more offended by that than by someone saying "Merry Christmas" or "Have a nice day" or whatever - I have to assume she means well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2020 21:38:32 GMT
Susanna Hoffs....Could I not have a real one?
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Post by oh oooh on Dec 28, 2020 21:41:31 GMT
Susanna Hoffs: sending a virtual hug to anybody who could use oneY'know... it's a well-wishing. It may be of no practical use, but I can't see getting any more offended by that than by someone saying "Merry Christmas" or "Have a nice day" or whatever - I have to assume she means well. 'to anybody who could use one'! It's like the doctor opening their surgery door and throwing a load of pills into the waiting room, saying 'help yourselves!'
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 28, 2020 21:42:02 GMT
Susanna Hoffs....Could I not have a real one? Really.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 28, 2020 21:42:32 GMT
Y'know... it's a well-wishing. It may be of no practical use, but I can't see getting any more offended by that than by someone saying "Merry Christmas" or "Have a nice day" or whatever - I have to assume she means well. 'to anybody who could use one'! It's like the doctor opening their surgery door and throwing a load of pills into the waiting room, saying 'help yourselves!' That works too.
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Post by Charlie O. on Dec 28, 2020 21:58:49 GMT
'to anybody who could use one'! It's like the doctor opening their surgery door and throwing a load of pills placebos into the waiting room, saying 'help yourselves!' Fixed.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Dec 28, 2020 22:09:20 GMT
Is it really any different than sending best wishes, good vibes, etc., ? We tend to minimize the good/positive because it is not maybe an actual cure, a fix, a program for a specific problem. Yet if she were sending out FUs, harsh criticisms, etc., we would think she was terrible and the world doesn't need any of that. So FU !
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Post by oh oooh on Dec 28, 2020 22:18:30 GMT
Is it really any different than sending best wishes, good vibes, etc., ? It's three BIG steps removed from a friend's well-wishes. I mean, something sent virtually - well, I suppose you have to make the most of that these days, it's what you get. But people reading this don't even know her! so it's not like friends sending you nice thoughts because it's not coming directly from them to you. And to add insult to injury it's 'to anyone who wants', like she's given up even bothering. Anyway. I like Susanna Hoffs. She's cool. But this is the happy clappy we're-all-in-this-together celeb social media bullshit thing taken to the absolute extreme of uselessness. You can't go any further! you end up in the realm of the surreal
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Post by cousinlou on Dec 28, 2020 22:53:18 GMT
It’s well meant, probably. But how bad must things be to get any consolation from these kind of run of the mill tweets?
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Post by Charlie O. on Dec 28, 2020 22:58:15 GMT
I doubt that more than a second or two of thought went into it. I suspect it was borne out of a pervasive sense of "wtf else can I do for anybody?"
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Post by Sneelock on Dec 28, 2020 23:38:59 GMT
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Dec 28, 2020 23:43:21 GMT
Virtual hugs?
Is she 12?
Grow up
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 29, 2020 0:34:50 GMT
Susanna Hoffs can do no wrong!
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