I’m a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you’ll get an idea of the face I’m making, so less chance of misunderstanding
I noticed that every time I add an emoji to a comment it gets downvoted, so I tested my theory, wrote a comment without an emoji, got upvotes, went back and added an emoji, got downvotes…
On Reddit people use emojis a lot, on Lemmy I NEVER saw anyone use emojis, my account is new but still for the time I spent here, I never saw the use of emojis
So, is it just me, have you noticed this small detail ? and do you miss emojis the way I do ? 😭
We’ve come a long way from cave drawings and hieroglyphics. We’ve developed languages capable of expressing tiny details in amazing clarity; succinctly, pointedly, and without confusion as to their meaning.
And yet there is a whole new wave of people unable to use those languages correctly or even rudimentarily who drag civilization backwards by returning to hieroglyphics.
I’m almost of the opinion we’ve reached “peak human” and are now backsliding. Yes, of course it’s self inflicted - how else could we as a species do an ‘about face’ and head back to cave dwelling? However it happens and whomever is responsible, here we are… and we’re losing ground fast.
And things like emojis are leading the charge.
If I had a jack off hand motion emoji I would post it but you’ll have to settle for me simply saying you sound up your own ass
big emoji
If you have the black background for Lemmy on then the
emoji looks like a red hand jerking a phantom dick
big emoji
Was added (yesterday I think), so now you can!
Greatest day of my life
See how much more expressive those words were?! Fucking excellent job !
Way to fucking go Bro or Bra !!! Way - to - fucking - go!
Now THAT’S the way to express yourself. It impresses the ladies too.
I prefer gender neutral terms, please. I’m nonbinary
… and all points in between. That should cover “human”. And you’re definitely that.
Of all the things to get Ted Kaczynski over, emojis is easily the funniest one
Nah, but it’s good to rile up the monkeys every once in a while. Else they sit around jacking and jillies and slipping into the photon coma. Stirs up their blood. Fires a neuron or two.
“I was simply pretending” lmao ok
Language fails us again and again, how often do we have to compare things to other feelings of sensation? Miscommunications? How short do words fall time and time again? A fool believes our words are enough, like a haggard face cant speak volumes with more clarity without a single word being said.
I keep thinking about this because it’s so fucking funny. “We’ve invented a way to reintroduce some of the emotional nuance innate in vocal communication and add further symbolic references to text!” “My god, you’re an imbecilic caveman! You’re destroying civilization!”
NOOOO THE MOST EUPHORIC REDDIT NEW ATHEISTS MUST CONVEY IRONIC DETACHMENT AND CONTEMPT FOR EMOTION AT ALL TIMES
‘Emojis represent the backsliding of great human society’
You defeated emojis, because I have no face for this
probably huge if not viewed on Hexbear
Might suffice.
Something like that!
Also imagine not viewing everything on hexbear
“Peak human” is being a Reddit-tier pretentious snob that expresses passive-aggressive contempt for living human beings if they use pictures to communicate.
Your subjectivity is showing. And it’s not as wise as you think.
Your Spock LARP is showing. And Spock wasn’t quite as much of a Redditor as you think you remember.
@[email protected] keeps delivering the emoji hits, just in time to dunk on the pompous haters
This is a 200iq moment, the logic and eloquence is exquisite but like get over yourself or some shit…
Ah! part of the digression. The digression speaks. Alas, all… the digressions express themselves.
🤡
It’s whoever in this case.
Sorry, couldn’t resist after a rant like that. :)
By the way, the trick i used i learned from a reddit comment. Whether you use ‘who’ or ‘whom’ had to do with whether something is being done by them or to them. The use case went like this.
Someone steps on a worm.
‘Who stepped in the worm?’
‘You stepped on whom?’
Maybe they used worm cuz it is similar to whom. Anyway, hope it helps, it sure did me.
I always used “he/him” as a way to figure out if “whom” or “who” is correct. If “whom” is needed, it’s for “him”. If “who” is needed, “he” should be used.
“For him: For whom” “He did it: Who did it”
And the ‘m’ in “him” reminds me to use “whom”
“Who wants ice cream” shouldn’t be answered with “Him wants ice cream”, you would say “He wants ice cream”
“For whom is this for” : “It’s for him”, not “It’s for he”
That’s what got me to remember it forevermore
Ryan used me as an object.
A most interesting and enlightening reply. Completely unexpected. This will bear thought. Thank you.
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Only thing imma disagree on is that we’ve ever reached peak human
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