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0 pointshollowcelery3y ago0 comments

Emojis are a more granular and expressive form of the more traditional lol, rofl, haha, :), :(. They’re a useful side channel for expressing tone.

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_Algernon_3y ago· 3 in thread

They're really not though, because they render differently on different devices. If I send a gun emoji, it may render as a squirt gun for you for instance. Very different meanings.

LoveMortuus3y ago

Also the way I feel about certain emojis is different from how you feel about them and thus carry different (if slightly) meaning.

For example, I pretty much never use the clown emoji as I find it personally offensive. But I'm sure that pretty much everyone else doesn't feel the same about it.

illiac7863y ago

The triumph emoji is a very good example of this.

Westerners use it to signify they're pissed while it actually means triumph in Asia I believe.

while true, many platforms like whatsapp use their own emojis so you know that it looks the same to everyone

tjoff3y ago

That isn't a feature though. As it means and renders completely different in different contexts and apps.

Brian_K_White3y ago

They're a useful way to not take someone seriously.

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