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OK, now I finally understand why Gen-Z hates the simple smiley so much. (Cf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34663986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
by dilap 4y ago
OK, now I finally understand why Gen-Z hates the simple smiley so much.
(Cf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34663986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34663986)
- alpaca128 4y agoNot Gen-Z but the one smiley I really hate is that "crying while laughing" one. I think it's the combination of the exaggerated face expression and it often accompanying irritating dumb posts on social media. I saw a couple too many examples of that to a point where I started to subconsciously see this emoji as a spam indicator.
- hnbad 4y agoMy hypothesis is: Millenial: :) Gen-X: :-) Boomer: cry-laughing emoji and Minions memes
- yunwal 4y agoThe simple smiley emoticon - :) - is actually used quite a bit with Gen-Z (or maybe this is just my friends). I think because it's something a grandmother would text it simultaneously comes off as ironic and sincere because grandmothers are generally sincere. The emoji seems cold though
- dilap 4y agoThanks, it's good to know my Gen-Z coworkers think I'm a friendly grandmother, rather than a cold psychopath :-)
- bckr 4y agoHave you noticed that Gen-Z never uses the nose? :) :-)
- dilap 4y agoit's funny, when i was younger i'd never use the nose-version (it seemed lame), but then at some point i got fond of it i'm trying to think if any1 i know in gen-z has ever sent me a text emoticon. i think it's all been just gifs and emojis...
- contextfree 4y agoI remember even in the 90s the nose version felt sort of "old fashioned" to me.
- layer8 4y agoI thought all the emojis were already a red flag that Bing is slightly unhinged.
- caf 4y agoIf Bing had a car, the rear window would be covered with way too many bumper stickers.