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baconandcoconut (baconandcoconut@freeradical.zone)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 01:59:29 JST baconandcoconut

Would an all tongs band be great or super annoying? Probably only one way to find out.
(This thought is brought to you by coffee and toast tongs)

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  @Moss Oh! There's another entity with this name. I definitely just mean a bunch of non-secret folks snapping tongs together and maybe pondering what it would be like to be a crab.
  
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  Moss Wizard (moss@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 02:48:11 JST Moss Wizard
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  @baconandcoconut I would clap politely
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    Tong (organization)
    
    A tong (Chinese: 堂; pinyin: táng; Jyutping: tong4; Cantonese Yale: tòhng; lit. 'hall'): 53 is a type of organization found among Chinese immigrants predominantly living in the United States, with smaller numbers in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In Chinese, the word tong means "hall" or "gathering place". These organizations are described as secret societies or sworn brotherhoods and are often tied to criminal activity. In the 1990s, in most American Chinatowns, clearly marked tong halls could easily be found, many of which have had affiliations with Chinese organized crime. These associations often provide services for Chinatown communities such as immigrant counseling, Chinese schools, and English classes for adults.: 48 Tongs follow the pattern of secret societies common to southern China...

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