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I thought the praying emoji is a stand-in for thanking someone.
by Apocryphon 2y ago
I thought the praying emoji is a stand-in for thanking someone.
- ksenzee 2y agoUsually, but it does also get used in its literal sense, as “I’m praying for you” or even just “good luck.”
- JohnFen 2y agoThat's an interpretation that would never have occurred to me. Perhaps there's a cultural difference here? I don't see people in real life use that gesture to mean "thanks", so the thought wouldn't have crossed my mind in emoji form. I'd take it as "I'm praying for you", which can be meant in both a positive and negative way.
- Apocryphon 2y agoIt's how I've used it even on work Slack, the internet tells me folded hands means thanks or please in Japanese culture so perhaps that's the origin.
- justsomehnguy 2y agoThat's exactly what I'm talking about. It's a clear import from the American culture here and while I can infer the meaning from the context, I doubt everyone would. Especially considering it's "Folded Hands" and not "Praying" and some sets have a... very strange picture for this emoji: https://emojipedia.org/google/android-5.0/folded-hands https://emojipedia.org/google/android-5.0/folded-hands PS holy shit, there is a WikiHow article on it's meaning and how to use it. While there is a lot of stuff on WH, the mere presense of that article adds to my position. https://www.wikihow.com/What-Does-the-Praying-Hands-Emoji-Mean https://www.wikihow.com/What-Does-the-Praying-Hands-Emoji-Me... https://www.wikihow.com/Category:Emoticons-and-Emojis https://www.wikihow.com/Category:Emoticons-and-Emojis