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Idle comment,

I perpetually react poorly to the wink icon, at least, as it appears on Apple devices.

I get the sense people intend it to mean "droll wink" which is inclusive and often characteristic of good humored positive "play."

For me the icon parses as a more confrontational eyebrow raise, sardonic shading into sarcastic, with a whiff of the scornful, contemptuous, or hostile.

It's not a big deal, but it's been years and I still have to hand-hold myself past the intuitive reaction by reminding myself that's almost never how it was meant.

I wish you could swap out the glyphs.




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