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[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's actually a boomer opinion, plenty of zoomers send messages full of emotes over text or whatsapp, like this ๐Ÿ˜

I know because I'm in my mid 20s and pretty much everyone does that. Maybe a South African thing? I don't know

[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I doubt they do the my-hero thing of chaining ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ emojis to hide their rage.

I'm not talking about using emojis; I use tons of them on Hexbear. I'm talking about ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ in particular, especially while the user is obviously mad at something.

[โ€“] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nah that definitely happens. I see plenty of ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ, ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚, and ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ daily. And the cat versions like ๐Ÿ˜น. Sometimes all of them together. Some of it to hide something they're obviously mad about. But it's all light hearted, it's never like a serious thing.

[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Might be a local thing.

I see plenty of emojis used by the kids I work with but they don't seem to use that one much at all, but yeah I see the cat one. They like the poop one a lot more. edgeworth-shrug

But it's all light hearted, it's never like a serious thing.

When boomers put up notices about how "NO ONE WANTS TO WORK ANYMORE" on their small business tyrannies and put ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ around it, that's not very light hearted.

[โ€“] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I mean the kids are being light hearted, the boomers are obviously seriously mad lol.

It's probably a local thing with chat apps like WhatsApp fully replacing text messaging over here

[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not anti-emoji at all but the "I'M NOT MAD LOOK AT HOW MANY ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ˜‚ I USED" is pure grillman and accordingly my-hero uses them a lot.