To react to posts, Facebook provides users a choice of 7 reaction emoji buttons to select from: a <thumbs up> for like; a <heart> for love; a <yellow emoji hugging a heart> for care; a <laughing emoji> for haha; a <yellow emoji with its mouth agape> for wow; a yellow emoji shedding a single tear for sad; and an emoji that gradates from yellow to red while furrowing its brow for angry. What I find most interesting and toxic about Facebook is when seemingly sincere posts receive laughing emojis from those that do not agree. There is little to zero meaningful discourse from anyone that feels differently—just this quick, half-a-second, usually unjustifiable, condemnation of laughter. What is the point of these quick-click reaction emojis anyway? Do they even have the belittling effect they are intended to have? Does anyone even care what racists, bigots, homophobes, antisemites, or misogynists really think or choose to laugh about?
This poster was on display by PasteUp Warsaw beginning June 20, 2026 in Kraków, Poland facing Henryk Jordan Park (Park Jordana), a 22-hectare green space established in 1889 as the first public playground in Europe. Jordan Park as part of Paste Up Warsaw, a curated selection of works by 333 artists from Poland and around the world, chosen from this year’s festival submissions.
This poster was on display by PasteUp Warsaw beginning June 20, 2026 in Kraków, Poland facing Henryk Jordan Park (Park Jordana), a 22-hectare green space established in 1889 as the first public playground in Europe. Jordan Park as part of Paste Up Warsaw, a curated selection of works by 333 artists from Poland and around the world, chosen from this year’s festival submissions.
My poster is on a bridge in Kraków Poland at the moment facing Henryk Jordan Park (Park Jordana), a 22-hectare green space established in 1889 as the first public playground in Europe. Jordan Park as part of the Paste Up Warsaw, @paste_up.warsaw, a curated selection of works by 333 artists from Poland and around the world, chosen from this year’s festival submissions.