[Ads-l] Article criticizing use of the thumbs up and other emojis

[Barretts Mail]

FWIW, here’s an article from February 2021 saying the laughing emoji is passé. 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/tech/crying-laughing-emoji-gen-z/index.html <https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/tech/crying-laughing-emoji-gen-z/index.html>
Sorry, millennials. The 😂 emoji isn’t cool anymore
By Kaya Yurieff, CNN Business

So much for the universality of emoji.

Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
Formerly of Seattle, WA

> On 13 Oct 2022, at 19:51, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Ben Zimmer wrote:
>> Note that this non-story is based on one Redditor's comment from nearly a
>> year ago (and the comment doesn't even say what the Daily Mail claims it
>> says).
>> 
>> https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1580348731215740928
> 
> The support for the thesis in the article was quite weak. Also, the
> survey to identify the emojis connected to old people had only 2,000
> participants.
> 
> The twitter thread you highlighted mentioned a pertinent tweet. So I
> looked for more tweet threads (sent before the Oct 2022 article) and
> found a few that claimed the thumbs up emoji was passive aggressive
> (in some contexts). Of course, the following evidence is also weak.
> There were more tweets of this type, but I stopped collecting them.
> Some of the tweets below contain emojis. I do not know what the
> mailing list software will do to them.
> 
> https://twitter.com/shahfromthecity/status/1419046916525117442
> [Begin tweet thread sample]
> shah @shahfromthecity
> why does the thumbs up reaction in imessage feel so passive aggressive 😭
> 5:28 PM · Jul 24, 2021
> 
> shah @shahfromthecity
> or is it just me being sensitive again
> 5:31 PM · Jul 24, 2021
> 
> bowel down bitches @Sitting_InJapan
> Replying to @shahfromthecity
> Lol cause It usually is
> 5:30 PM · Jul 24, 2021
> 
> A✨ @akquii
> Replying to @shahfromthecity
> I thought I was the only one 😭
> 9:13 PM · Jul 24, 2021
> 
> Pʏɴᴋ @CullenEmadrey
> Replying to @shahfromthecity
> cus it is
> 7:15 PM · Jul 24, 2021
> 
> 𝐂. @CHYNAAMC
> Replying to @shahfromthecity
> when ppl use it, it normally is 😭
> 6:39 PM · Jul 24, 2021
> [End tweet thread]
> 
> https://twitter.com/LoveNLunchmeat/status/1392891890786242563
> [Begin tweet thread]
> Stabbatha Christy @LoveNLunchmeat
> Name one thing more passive aggressive than sending someone a thumbs
> up emoji. No.
> 1:18 PM · May 13, 2021
> 
> The Travel Fairies @TravelFairies
> Replying to @LoveNLunchmeat
> Omg! I've always thought this too!
> 7:13 AM · May 14, 2021
> 
> 👙IHateEveryone🖕 @_IHateEvery0ne
> Replying to @LoveNLunchmeat
> It’s like a big fuck you. 😫😒
> 1:48 PM · May 13, 2021
> [End tweet thread sample]
> 
> https://twitter.com/rusty_coach/status/1492140611167735809
> [Begin tweet thread sample]
> Coach Rusty @rusty_coach
> Nobody gives a passive-aggressive thumbs up in a work chat quite like I do
> 9:16 AM · Feb 11, 2022
> 
> Melissafent on the Hillifent @awkwardenabled
> Replying to @rusty_coach
> (OK emoji)
> 10:21 AM · Feb 11, 2022
> 
> Coach Rusty @rusty_coach
> Replying to @awkwardenabled
> Ohhh shit that’s an excellent one too
> 10:22 AM · Feb 11, 2022
> 
> Bob Deerfield @BobDeerfield
> Replying to @rusty_coach
> Those passive  aggressive thumbs up are so fake cool
> 1:59 PM · Feb 11, 2022
> [End tweet thread sample]
> 
> https://twitter.com/poutinesmoothie/status/1301895473507250179
> [Begin tweet]
> yeah ok @poutinesmoothie
> I find that thumbs up reaction in DMs a tad passive aggressive.
> 10:50 AM · Sep 4, 2020
> [End tweet]
> 
> https://twitter.com/alexandbruh/status/1290723037076230160
> [Begin tweet]
> mona lexa 😈 @alexandbruh
> The thumbs up emoji is lowkey so aggressive
> 2:55 PM · Aug 4, 2020
> [End tweet]
> 
> https://twitter.com/anon_opin/status/1563676494349697024
> [Begin tweet thread sample]
> Listen, Chris… 😡🗯 @anon_opin
> The 'thumbs up' emoji boils my piss.
> Just type thanks, ok, a smile emoji, just anything else please.
> The thumbs up is a base shit passive aggressive fuck you of wankery banality.
> 7:55 PM · Aug 27, 2022
> 
> Kells @KellsShaw1
> Replying to @CFCneil1905 and @anon_opin
> Literally spoke to G about this other night.. you know it's the truth.. 🤣🤣🤣
> 1:37 AM · Aug 28, 2022
> 
> Gary Crisp @GaryCrisps
> Replying to @anon_opin
> A thumbs up emoji on its own as a reply is patronizing AF. It's the
> visual equivalent of "yes, that's nice dear" or "good on ya Sparky"
> 8:28 PM · Aug 27, 2022
> [End tweet thread sample]
> 


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