I'm sincerely wondering if some of the emoji hate is people with ASD or something similar not getting common facial expression associations beyond things like smile = happy
I wouldn't be surprised. If you're wondering, yes I'm on the spectrum. But I've also never seen eye-rolling used for sarcasm. It's so much more obvious to make a statement sound insane or to use /s.
Also, would most of the world even interpret that emoji as "eye rolling?"
Eye rolling is definitely a culturally-specific thing with the anglosphere, but the emoji is literally called "eye-roll" and does read visually as being that to someone familiar with the gesture.
The added nuance here is that eye-rolling is an expression of derision and not just sarcasm, while culturally /s is used for being facetious (think friendly sarcasm) as well as actual sarcasm.
Human beings have been corresponding for over two thousand years without emojis. Are you seriously trying to tell me that emojis are some sort of ascended form of communication that 12 year old kids have discovered to the ignorance of everything from small businesses to collegiate academics?
If you need to use emojis to convey feeling, emotion, or to emphasize your point-
You need to learn more words.
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I don't understand what either of those are trying to emote.
Sarcasm vs curiosity
How tf do you derive sarcasm from the first one?
Eye-rolling is commonly associated with sarcasm (and other forms of derision, but in the context sarcasm makes the most sense)
I'm sincerely wondering if some of the emoji hate is people with ASD or something similar not getting common facial expression associations beyond things like smile = happy
I wouldn't be surprised. If you're wondering, yes I'm on the spectrum. But I've also never seen eye-rolling used for sarcasm. It's so much more obvious to make a statement sound insane or to use /s.
Also, would most of the world even interpret that emoji as "eye rolling?"
Eye rolling is definitely a culturally-specific thing with the anglosphere, but the emoji is literally called "eye-roll" and does read visually as being that to someone familiar with the gesture.
The added nuance here is that eye-rolling is an expression of derision and not just sarcasm, while culturally /s is used for being facetious (think friendly sarcasm) as well as actual sarcasm.
Which is which?
The eye rolling is a sarcasm indicator, the monocle indicates curiosity.
Or maybe you can just say:
“So, what’s the big deal?”
Because it means the exact same thing. And has the added benefit of the person you’re speaking with not think you’re a 12 year old kid.
What's wrong with being an expressive 12yo?
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A lot if you’re not a 12 year old.
When you try too hard to preoccupy yourself with the concept of maturity and performatively try very hard to be The Adult In The Room:
Look, another Hexbear kid with memes everyone! So edgy!!
You, being very not mad at a moving picture for being too accurate when describing your tryhard attempts at "maturity:"
Text can be ambiguous, if only there were some kind of image that would could reliably it indicate the emotional context of your statements.
You know, like JIF animAted pictures
Human beings have been corresponding for over two thousand years without emojis. Are you seriously trying to tell me that emojis are some sort of ascended form of communication that 12 year old kids have discovered to the ignorance of everything from small businesses to collegiate academics?
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So… you think the written language didn’t exist before the internet?
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THE WEST HAS FALLEN
"why use lot word when few word do trick" is a recurring phrase used ironically by my younger staff.