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Hey MDN, those good-lookin’ 3D animated smileys you advertise ain’t compatible with macs it seems.
Those smilies were cute enough for me to click but, as nosmiley noted, they’re not Mac-compatible. 🙁
MDN really deserves donating from Mactards, ‘cos this is the most stinking Jobs’ asslicker site on the Net. No other site can polish the Apple turd better than this steaming pile of Macfaggotry.
Reality Check is a horse’s rear end.