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The hashtag is now a public toilet: Everyone uses it like a public loo

The #hashtag has become a sign that everyone uses

In the good old or bad ole days before social media, depending on when you were born, #hashtags used to come without this ‘#’ sign that makes you want to play ‘x’ and ‘o’. You know? That game we used to play in ‘Praimo’ between lessons?

A hash tag used to be slang for someone who wishes to sell you hashish pot, preferably at a party; the transaction going down in the toilet. But now the #hashtag has become a sign that everyone uses like a public loo. Entire words have become chained to it the way a feral dog gets chained to a post.

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