Oof acknowledges someone’s feelings, and bruh expresses empathy. These sentiments are important and often overlooked. You don’t have to always launch into your own story. Simply acknowledging and empathizing is a powerful way to build social bonds.

Also brevity is the soul of wit, so oof and bruh might qualify as the greatest things anyone has ever said in history.

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