Asklemmy

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People here are acting like regular words have no ambiguity or possibility of misinterpretation.

Flashbacks of when liberal takes and western propaganda talkibg points were combatted with volumes of "pig poop balls"

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] 💀😭" 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.