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HN doesn't support emoji, so here's an example: https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801 https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801 The meaning is imme
by rainbowmverse 8y ago
HN doesn't support emoji, so here's an example: https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801 https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801
The meaning is immediately clear to anyone familiar with the reference. It's basically a pictographic language that leans heavily on a shared culture that's largely internet-based.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoAh, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang. Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?
- rainbowmverse 8y ago>> "Ah, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang." You sure do have some text there. >> "Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?" The medium is the message.
- EpicEng 8y agoOh, so inside jokes. Yeah that's totally new and groundbreaking.
- zimpenfish 8y agoDo you similarly disdain things like Cockney Rhyming Slang and Polari because they're effectively "inside jokes" that express things you could equally well express with "plain words"?