Oof acknowledges someone’s feelings, and bruh expresses empathy. These sentiments are important and often overlooked. You don’t have to always launch into your own story. Simply acknowledging and empathizing is a powerful way to build social bonds.

Also brevity is the soul of wit, so oof and bruh might qualify as the greatest things anyone has ever said in history.

Once in a while after this happens, it turns out the thing wasn’t important or took care of itself somehow. That specific feeling of releif is amazing!