The 10 Facebook reactions we actually needed

Facebook conversations are about to get a whole lot more interesting.
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Peter Allen Clark
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Well, Facebook finally opened up its new 'reactions' to everyone. We just wish they were different.

For over a year now, Mark Zuckerberg has teased something different than the 'Like' button for the billion people who use the social media website. That's right, Facebook is no longer a simple place where your uncle can invite you to play a casino game. It's now a place of emotions. 


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But the array of emotions don't really reflect how we feel when we browse through the endless stream of relative reactions and political tirades. Sure we expected, "happy" and "angry." But, we really want something like "deeply depressed." Please.

Here are some Facebook reactions, that we would really use.


"You're insufferable"

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Cringe

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Drunk

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Smiling through the tears

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Vomit

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Minion

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Feelin' aggro

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Horror

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Deeply Depressed

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Dead

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