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I don't hate all emojis. I do hate how the vast majority of people use them.
Back when I used Skype, I freaking loved all of them because the animations made it very clear what someone is trying to express in an easy to understand way (assuming everyone in a given chat had a similar culture).
Discord is a not-so-close second. I like a decent chunk of the emojis because they are super expressive while being simple. More importantly, custom emojis allow for incredibly unique ways of expressing ideas that only a small group will understand. It's perfect for inside jokes.
In general, though? Emojis are so freaking bland and inoffensive. 90% of the time that they're used, there's literally 0 reason for them to be used. I don't need a page full of pregnant people and 16 variations of a family because it's nowhere near as effective as saying "I'm pregnant" or "I have 3 siblings." Whoever makes Unicode/these emojis is so hell-bent on inclusivity that they often ignore what makes human inclusivity so important: personality.
As for the people that use them on the daily? The vast majority seem like a hivemind. On YouTube you will literally find pages of "bro [insert incredibly basic observation] ๐๐ญ" in a single comment section. It's one thing if it were a reference to something insane or unhinged like a copypasta, but it's another when it's a subconscious "can I copy your homework" over and over again. People overuse emojis in the same way that people type out "lmao" with a straight face in response to a meme. They're used out of laziness so often that they're becoming filler speech.
Anyways, thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Main Character Syndrome intensifies
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The irony of saying that and ending with
Everyone and their mother has made that joke at least once after writing a somewhat long text. You're not any more original or any less of a "hivemind" than the peoples you're talking about in this paragraph. You need to calm your ego.
First, screw you for assuming it's an ego thing. Second, I don't entirely disagree with you.
There's a reason why I made a distinction for "references." I've been in communities that are literally dedicated to spamming the same thing verbatim, and I find them freaking hilarious. r/AnarchyChess was literally spamming "en passant," "holy hell," and "pipi" for months. r/tomorrow spams "Celeste, a hidden gem." Hell, I still giggle every time I see a picture of a crewmate. Those are funny because they're overused to the point where they're absurd.
"Thanks for coming to my TED talk" is a much weaker version of that. I don't see it used as a joke as much as I see it used as a phrase to indicate that a rant is over. I don't see how it's different from "Bob's your uncle" or "pushing the needle forward." All 3 of those phrases mean nothing to me when taken literally, but I (and probably most people) use those as synonyms for long and detailed explanations.
I don't see how emojis can do the same in an effective manner outside of a few commonly used ones, and I don't see how "bro [observation] ๐๐ญ" can be considered absurd or can be changed enough to feel fresh or original. I'd literally be more okay if people repeated "bro [observation #1] ๐๐ญ" because at least it feels like there is some joke or reference that I'm not getting.