![]() ![]() I've seen millennials and old people who have never used a single emoji in their life spam the thumbs up emoji all over Twitter thinking they're gonna "trigger zoomer snowflakes" or something. Unfortunately, there are so many people on the internet, even on this site, who were gullible enough to fall for that sensationalism without actually reading the articles. The New York Post and the Daily Mail recently made headlines claiming that Gen Z is "offended" by the thumbs up emoji and they got immediate widespread attention. Questions? Suggestions? Complaints? Message the mods. Want a particular subreddit here? PM the mods! MORTAL ENEMIES /r/rarepuppers - cute pupps and animols./r/iamverysmart - when people just don't acknowledge your genius./r/FellowKids - People from le right generation acting like le wrong./r/killthosewhodisagree - Anger management headquarters./r/musictheory - It's like computer science, but with composition!./r/futurebeats - Experimental beat music./r/ifyoulikeblank - Find stuff based on what you like./r/listentothis and /r/listentous - Find interesting music./r/ElectronicMusic - Electronic music discussion./r/letstalkmusic - Quality music discussion.Low-effort posts like meme spam, lyric trains, etc. Disagreements are fine, namecalling is not. Maintain civility and keep the elitism at the door. Racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia, ableism, etc. Satire is allowed but must be submitted with the "Satire" flair. Original content and satireĭon't post content you created yourself. If you want to link to a reddit post or comment, take a screenshot instead and scrub identifying information. Cross-posting is only allowed if the content itself is appropriate for the subreddit. This includes usernames, group names, and photos of people. No identifying information.Īny identifying information must be cropped out or hidden. This can apply to music, other media, or societal trends at large. Posts should be images or videos of quasi-nostalgic attitudes, often with a sense of superiority. Posts must fit the spirit of the subreddit. We place a special emphasis on music, because this subreddit was created after annoyance over "born in the wrong generation" attitude often expressed by fans of 60s/70s rock. The word equivalent I think best describes it is “message received.This is a subreddit dedicated to satirically mocking those people who, blinded by their own nostalgia, believe certain things in the past to be unequivocally better than today. Nothing else.ĭoes that make sense? For us it feels like we’re *really* putting in effort to make them feel seen/loved/not lonely and they are like “Christ be less desperate.” Like we have teenage elders, hahah! And it doesn’t have to be a sign off – it could be like, a message wishing them a happy birthday or a happy Halloween or whatever - the point is, the thumbs up emoji comes off like the other person is just *way too much* and you really wish they would eff off. The response is an effing thumbs up emoji. Really looking forward to it – love you!” It doesn’t help that the two worst offenders are one each of our closest living relatives left (his father, my grandmother) – my grandmother has been texting for over 20 years so don’t give her a break! But say they text about what they are doing, we’ll text back a response and ask when would be a good time to chat, they will text back something like “tomorrow afternoon should be fine, but also Wednesday or Thursday.” And we’ll respond with the equivalent of, “okay great! Call you around 4 tomorrow if that’s okay. For us it has nothing to do with being cool or uncool, and *everything* to do with passive-aggressiveness. I feel like I left the womb mid-life but I’m an elder-ish Millennial, and I HATE the thumbs up emoji – so does my husband (who, conveniently, also seemed to leave the womb as a middle aged man). This is where I’d put a thumbs up emoji but I literally don’t know how to do that in wordpress and Hailey isn’t home to help me so I texted them for feedback: Victor: What if I’m ironically pretending to be Fonzie? Me: Just to be safe? I’d say only if you’re Fonzie. Me: Eggplant emoji did not make the list. Apparently we’re also supposed to stop using thumbs-up, okay fingers, kissy face, red hearts… The thumbs-up reaction is blue and is attached to the person’s text bubble. Me: The thumbs-up emoji is yellow and stand alone. But we’re Gen X so I guess we’re not supposed to? But I don’t know if I’m still cool because I never use the thumbs-up emoji but I’m always using the thumbs-up reaction and I don’t know if that’s different. ![]() Me: According to the internet Gen Z finds the thumbs up emoji passive-aggressive and hostile, but Gen X uses it all the time because they don’t understand. Victor: I don’t even know what that means but it sounds like something I already don’t do. ![]() Me: So apparently we’re supposed to stop thumbs-up emojying young people at work. ![]()
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