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‘Key & Peele’ understand the trials and tribulations of texting

This sketch is so true it hurts.

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Four seasons in, Key & Peele continues to be the finest sketch comedy show of its day, and one of their latest bits exemplifies the duo’s knack for exploding the zeitgeist.

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Perhaps you, too, have been thwarted rather than convenienced by text messaging technology, what with the problem of conveying tone in haphazardly typed comminqués. As you’ll see below, it’s a fraught situation that can very quickly spiral out of control. 

Just further evidence that we need to go back to smoke signals.

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