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		ryandrake 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or... Just the phrase "blue bubble friends" strikes me as absolutely wild, foreign and ridiculous. But, I admit to being almost 50.

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lynndotpy 6 days ago [–]

The "blue bubble" just signifies someone's using the iMessage platform, and we still have multiple messaging platforms nowadays. Think of it like "Usenet friends", "IRC friends", "ICQ friends", "AIM friends", etc.

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