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How different languages laugh online (restofworld.org)
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[โ€“] ultimitchow 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"mdr" is short for "mort de rire" which means "dead from laughter" https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mort_de_rire

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Ah. That makes more sense