I genuinely do not know, but I keep running into that, where they just use the crying emoji and they tell me it means they’re laughing so hard they cried (not literally of course but w/e)… even though there actually is a laughing-crying emoji.
I’m going to yell at clouds tiktok, its probably cloud’s tiktok’s fault, somehow.
EDIT:
like, I tell a joke, they respond with a crying emoji, I am confused and apologetic because I think I hurt their feelings and they are just sad crying… nope.
Nope they actually liked the joke.
This has happened to me a number of times in the last 6-9 months, with different people.
I’ve begun to find it grating, because somewhere along the line it seems to have been co-opted by people who exclusively communicate through passive aggression online lol
So it’s no longer “Who did this 😭😭”
And more like “Why are you buying takeout after complaining about minimum wage being low 😭😭”
Lol, no.
Also this is millennial thing, not GenX. I don’t know anyone from that generation that would use lol.
Did someone say GenX? Or am I misreading your comment here?
Yeah they did in response to a different comment elsewhere in t thus thread.
Now it’s “💀”
Actually, it’s “😭” now
I keep seeing zoomers use this and it keeps confusing the shit out of me, because half the time, it just looks like crying, not laughing-crying.
Maybe they’re just bad at it and using the wrong emoji half the time? idfk
Yeah the crying laughing emoji is 😂 why tf are they using the actual crying emoji
I genuinely do not know, but I keep running into that, where they just use the crying emoji and they tell me it means they’re laughing so hard they cried (not literally of course but w/e)… even though there actually is a laughing-crying emoji.
I’m going to yell at
cloudstiktok, its probablycloud’stiktok’s fault, somehow.EDIT:
like, I tell a joke, they respond with a crying emoji, I am confused and apologetic because I think I hurt their feelings and they are just sad crying… nope.
Nope they actually liked the joke.
This has happened to me a number of times in the last 6-9 months, with different people.
I am actually gen z and the “😂” has simply become cringe because older people overused it so much and I guess that’s why we switched to “😭”
It’s also interesting to me how you still see it as crying because my brain just doesn’t make that connection at all anymore
I genuienly appreciate the explanation, that makes sense.
2 reasons unc here sees them similarly:
A ) I barely ever use emojis
Many millennials grew up using
*-*=D:<0.0>=[… style constructions to represent emotions / facial expressions in text.
I’m used to those, I’m not used to emojis.
B ) I’m just actually slowly losing visual acuity.
I’m getting oooollldddd.
I’ve got an astigmatism now, and I tend to only wear my glasses when I absolutely need to.
So I have to squint or put on my glasses to make out variations in emojis, sometimes.
It’s because the regular laugh crying emoji got watered down so if something was really fuuny, one has to escalate.
Maybe because it isn’t cool to use 😂? It has a bit of a bad rep in that it’s seen as a boomer-emoji, I think.
I’ve begun to find it grating, because somewhere along the line it seems to have been co-opted by people who exclusively communicate through passive aggression online lol
So it’s no longer “Who did this 😭😭”
And more like “Why are you buying takeout after complaining about minimum wage being low 😭😭”
It’s like when it’s sad but also funny, so like, you’re laughing, but also crying in a “this is too real” kinda way
At least that’s how me and my friends seem to use it :p
🥀🥀🥀