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11 points

This was nothing like your interaction though. Asking why doesn’t mean they don’t acknowledge the other person doing it for fun, it’s just that they are curious if there’s a reason.

-Haha, why?

+Found it cool and felt like it.

-That’s cool, I used to play X when I was younger but…

It can also just be a conversation starter, nothing wrong with asking why.

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9 points

You don’t think there’s a difference between “Why the fuck would you do that, you nincompoop?” and “Haha, why”?

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I do, which is why I said that your example is not like the one of the comic.

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I think the face in the comic convey quite well that “haha why” was not a “wow, I’m interested” but “the fuck you doing, bro?”. Especially since it’s literally prefixed with “what the hell are you doing?”.

Just because I type LOL doesn’t mean I’m LOL

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23 points

Some people read “why?” as incredulity rather than curiosity.

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