And I thought it was us middle-aged (40+) and older who was the only one who still used them literally. Gotten the impression that younger generations invented non-obvious meanings that spread in trend waves, then stopped using emojis when it became too hard and social anxiety-inducing to keep track of the various interpretations of what a “slight smile” might possibly mean to the receiver. 🙂
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lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 weeks ago
It feels immature and cringe but that’s probably only 'cause I’m “old”.
emptyother@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 4 weeks ago
Yeah, I don’t care anymore. I just use a few smile emoji, and the facepalm one, because I never found a satisfactory emoticon for it.
neidu2@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Same. Plus, emoji don’t really add a whole lot that words cannot, and interpreting them takes away valuable time from my schedule when I’m practicing yelling at kids to get off my lawn.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
🤷