Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSo apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?message-squaremessage-square281linkfedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down119
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareSo apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square281linkfedilink
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 days ago She explained that the thumbs up emoji is used as a passive aggressive insult now. That sounds exhausting. If my friends start interpreting thumbs up that way, I’ll just have to get new friends. Edit: None of my business what someone else accepts in their friend circle.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoI think she picked it up from her students. She’s a professor at a university, so is hooked in a little bit more to the Gen Z culture. Unfortunately she can’t just replace her students, as much as she’d like to sometimes 🙂
That sounds exhausting. If my friends start interpreting thumbs up that way, I’ll just have to get new friends.
Edit: None of my business what someone else accepts in their friend circle.
I think she picked it up from her students. She’s a professor at a university, so is hooked in a little bit more to the Gen Z culture. Unfortunately she can’t just replace her students, as much as she’d like to sometimes 🙂
Haha. Fair enough!