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Another W for the EU. I just hope they stop making so many sus decisions and don't accept the chat control laws and stuff like that
What is a W?
Not sure when people started to use 'W'. It appears multiple times in this thread
Edit: then again I'm of a generation where 'y' means why and not yes. Maybe I'm just not hip anymore sadfaceemoticon.jpg
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I wanna say it became a thing from Twitch streamers when e sports was a big thing, but I'm by no means sure that that's correct.