• Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    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

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      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.