It says we are all a bunch Fonzies here, and what is Fonzie?
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Reference to an old American television show where the "cool" character used to make the thumbs up gesture.
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It depends on the context and the person for me.
yes π
I basically use it as a way to acknowledge that I saw a message but have nothing further to ask or add.
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I'll reply with the all mighty answer:
It depends.
Depends on the people you are talking to I'd say.
Nope, not at all.
In private messages outside of work, yes, it comes across passive aggressive and is a hard stop to a conversation. In work context though, it's pretty common on teams as an acknowledgement, though I still think it's nicer to use like a heart react then actually reply.
Talking sense right here
Sometimes
You see it as dismissive. Low effort reply, like they couldn't be bothered. It's not inviting continued conversation so you see it as someone telling you to stop talking to them.
If I were to guess. In your eyes. They might as well have replied with "cool story bro".
Which is now forever a sarcastic term and no one regardless of what you say, will believe that you actually found their story cool.
I'm with you but it's a generational thing. Are you a millennial?
I used to but then at work everyone always uses the thumbs up on slack. So I got used to it. Nowadays it depends on the context of the convo
Depends on context for me.
I found it rude but not anymore and I have to really think about it. On facebook messenger, the default emoji is π and during my stay on that platform (~2011-2017) it was regarded as a rude, low effort dismissal, at least inside my circles.
Nowadays, i double take and find that people don't indent to be rude to me. After all, i'm not on facebook anymore and these people weren't in my circle.
Just like a curt "yes" or even "yes sir" can be seen as somewhat rude in some contexts, so to can its emoji equivalent.
Personally i do. Same as the π wink smiley... comes across as a bit of a cunt in my opinion.
Could be because there were shitty people that would use it in condescending ways at me.
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No.
It really depends on the age of the sender.
30s and younger: Fairly dismissive response. Not outright insulting but pretty rude.
40s and older: genuinely meant as an earnest acknowledgement of your message.
Usually
nope but my lingo interpretation is way dated and by the time I uptake something its out of fashion.
Oh wow. I thought only I had an issue with this.