My use of emojis made it clear that it was a joke / tongue in cheek, banter is all part and parcel of the ebb and flow on here, Dunhill posted the link to the serious article After my initial joke
The link wasn't necessary to prompt some consideration. What she originally wrote should've been sufficient.
Posting emojis, like KT used to? Just laughing while you're saying it doesn't diffuse the insult, nor unambiguously indicate you know exactly what she's talking about or indeed that you agree with her concern and are somehow making fun in a wholly innocuous way.
People laugh to mock, people laugh along without knowing why something is or isn't funny, people laugh from embarassment and various other reasons, which of those were you trying to indicate with your emojis?
Banter can be jovial and convivial but it can also be barbed and totally sown with contempt, how exactly were you signalling how your implication and laughter was to be taken? All you did was quote her and then said what you said. Emojis are not facial expressions or body language or volume or inflection.
It's not like you're known for being the board's resident Bill Burr, Benny Hill, Jimmy Carr or Michael McKintyre.