This is the face your dad makes at the kids when he's proud of a groan-worthy pun.īut close an emoji's eyes in order to communicate laughter - as if he's laughing so hard he can't even see what you've written - and it feels aggressive. Often, it has to do with the subtleties of the design: Heck, it's only a slight shift away from my favorite emoticon of all time:ĪHe's gleeful. But make no mistake, Facebook's laughing face emoji is laughing at you, and it's doing so in a way far more infuriating than simply a written-out "ha ha" or "lol." Nobody likes being dismissed or disrespected. But the laughing face taps into a primal sort of rage. The meaning is obvious: Your argument is so foolish, so stupid, that I'm actually laughing. One commenter throws out an argument, and another, instead of giving an earnest response, slaps down a laughing-face reaction instead.
Yet the laughing face has been pressed into service for a more sinister purpose: Derisive mockery of sincere statements.Īnyone who's waded into the ugly fray of Facebook arguments - just scroll down the Inlander Facebook page - has watched this happen. This is how I get my emotional validation as a person. It's that last one that turns my own face red-orange-angry.Īt first, adding a laughing face seemed a perfect fit for Facebook: I like to make jokes on Facebook. K debate.Īs for the Rolling on the Floor Laughing emoticon, that one just scares me, and I imagine if Face with Tears of Joy freaks people out, this exaggerated version of it is equally (if not more) unsettling.Back in 2016, recognizing that the range of human emotion extended beyond either "like" or "agnostic," Facebook went beyond the thumbs up, introducing a slew of new reaction options: the heart the face shedding a single tear the fuming, red-orange angry face the mouth-agape WOW face and, finally, a laughing face, eyes closed, mouth caught in mid guffaw. Regardless, you can typically tell someone’s age or if they’re not as internet-savvy by which laughing emoji they use, similar to the OK vs. Some also find the laughing emoji to be a little creepy. It seems over the years, Gen Z subconsciously decided to use the Loudly Crying Face (pictured below) to indicate laughing instead of the actual laughing emoji. The younger generation despises this emoji, to the point where some TikTok users banned the emoticon from their feeds. TLDR (but if you want, you can read all about it here) Gen-Zers on TikTok were making fun of millennials for their side parts, skinny jeans and emoji usage, specifically the laughing emoji, formally known as Face with Tears of Joy. You might remember nearly a year ago when there was a purported intergenerational war between millennials and Gen-Zers that was very dumb and mostly made up by millennials who were upset about being out of touch with the latest trends. In order to avoid confusing and embarrassing conversations going forward, below I - InsideHook’s resident Gen-Zer - have broken down the emojis you might be using incorrectly. The eggplant emoji does not simply represent a hardy piece of fruit (yes, eggplant is, in fact, fruit), while the laughing emoji you prefer says a lot about your age, and how internet-savvy you are. But not everyone is privy to the double meanings of emojis, and this can create some awkward conversations.
Sometimes, these little pictograms sum up our feelings more efficiently than words can.Īs with language over time, the meaning of particular emojis has also changed, with their official definition or name slightly, or entirely, differing from how they are actually deployed by internet users. Mainly because we now have emojis, tiny little icons to express a variety of emotions: happiness, sadness, confusion and, especially, horniness.
For better or worse, the internet has influenced the English language and the ways in which we communicate with one another.
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