paulzy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThumbs up is such a common emoji but almost nobody gives IRL thumbs up anymore.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1imageThumbs up is such a common emoji but almost nobody gives IRL thumbs up anymore.lemmy.worldpaulzy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down15·2 days agoThe thumbs up emoji is hated now and viewed as passive aggressive compliance. So, I definitely thumbs up more often IRL.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 days agoThis is what my wife and kids have told me. 🤷🏻♂️
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoMaybe where you live, but not for me. Thumbs up emoji just means okay / will do / message received, in Colorado at least
minus-squarepigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIt’s definitely the way my ex wife uses it. So it just has a negative connotation to it for me.
minus-squareBougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI use a thumbs up reaction as “I acknowledge I’ve read and understood this, but don’t think you require a push notification” so I guess your mileage may vary
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoThat’s what I thought too, but I was told that’s no longer the case.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoWhat hare brained social group do you participate in?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2022/10/16/gen-z-have-canceled-the-thumbs-up-emoji-and-heres-why-we-should-worry/
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 days agoLike I am going to trust forbes to have the pulse of gen z.
The thumbs up emoji is hated now and viewed as passive aggressive compliance.
So, I definitely thumbs up more often IRL.
Is it tho?
This is what my wife and kids have told me. 🤷🏻♂️
I see.
Maybe where you live, but not for me. Thumbs up emoji just means okay / will do / message received, in Colorado at least
It’s definitely the way my ex wife uses it. So it just has a negative connotation to it for me.
I use a thumbs up reaction as “I acknowledge I’ve read and understood this, but don’t think you require a push notification” so I guess your mileage may vary
That’s what I thought too, but I was told that’s no longer the case.
What hare brained social group do you participate in?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2022/10/16/gen-z-have-canceled-the-thumbs-up-emoji-and-heres-why-we-should-worry/
Like I am going to trust forbes to have the pulse of gen z.
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