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Your example is literally reviewed in the article: "If you were to say to me, 'Let's go out for dinner tonight, and I'll meet you at this restaurant at this ti
by xethos 3y ago
Your example is literally reviewed in the article:
"If you were to say to me, 'Let's go out for dinner tonight, and I'll meet you at this restaurant at this time,' and I send you a thumbs[-up] emoji, what does that mean?" Lee said.
"It means I'm going to meet you at the restaurant at that time."
Hell, you even sound like you agree with this take:
> People thumbs up a message to go to dinner with friends, knowing full well they can cancel
You can't cancel on plans you haven't agreed to. If you reply with a thumbs-up to go to dinner (per your example!), then the assumption is that you're going to dinner (and thus have the option to cancel).
Difference is, in this case, the agreement was to a contract, not dinner. The latter is typically much easier to back out of.
- fennecfoxy 3y agoI can bloody well cancel on whatever I like unless it's a formal agreement. The realm of emojis and text chats do not have any business being in business. A contract is a contract, not an emoji. What are the terms of the emoji? Both parties agreed to some set of conditions maybe, but the emoji's on the final message? Did one party agree to all the conditions, or just some of them? There is no way in hell in my mind, that an emoji has any bearing on business dealings. This is just more bullshit corporate lawyer stuff. If their CEO thumbs up a "200% raise for all our employees laughing emoji" along with everyone else, it doesn't _mean_ that the CEO has approved of it, it's mean they've _seen_ it. Guess we just have different opinions on this.