![]() ![]() This sure is a revelation for a lot of the not so young people. The 30-year-old Tiktoker also revealed in the video that she got to know these since she was sharing a college dorm with Gen Z students, who had a hang of what these emojis stood for. An inverted face emoji means to fret with life while two eyes mean that we are listening. She also pointed out that the sideways face emoji, which has one eye larger than the other and sticks its tongue out, implies “silly”. Talking about the other emojis, she said that the teary-eyed emoji represents innocence or being horny. Scarlett also pointed out that several other emojis are also interpreted wrongly as we do not know their real purpose. That probably means that many of us have insulted the people we have sent the emoji to without either them or us knowing it. “If you ever receive the thumbs up emoji, be insulted immediately,” she said. ![]() However, a TikTok user named earlier this year, shared a one-minute long video talking about the real meaning of emojis as Gen Z kids use them and the thumbs up emoji was one of them.Īccording to The Sun, Scarlett revealed that the thumbs-up emoji was meant to denote passive-aggressiveness. It is often sent to display our approval to something or just as a substitute for ‘ok’. However, how many of us know what each of these emojis stands for?Ī popular emoji that almost everyone uses is the Thumbs Up. ![]() Who has time to type for that long? With a wide array of emojis to choose from, it is much easier to express our thoughts. ‘It’s so simple, we’re not asking that every emoji has to wear glasses – let’s just have that option so people don’t feel negative about themselves,’ said Lowri.In today’s fast-paced life, most of our online interactions involve the usage of emojis. ‘So many human beings just wear glasses so they can see, so why make it a stereotype and make people feel bad?’ ‘It’s very stereotypical and I shouldn’t be put in a box,’ she said. ‘Even if it’s just one (emoji), this is a positive change.’Įarlier, she told her audience that bespectacled emojis were currently limited to a teacher, a grandmother and a nerd-type character. ‘I am just trying to raise awareness for an issue which is large, especially for people my age, like teenagers, just to get glasses on emojis. ‘But unless we address this, there’s a chance the next generation will grow up believing this lie about themselves.’ In a letter to the Unicode Consortium, the body responsible for all new emojis, Lowri said: ‘Unfortunately, the only glasses wearing emoji I can find is a nerd face. Her campaign launched on Thursday – World Sight Day. Lowri Moore, 13, who already went into battle with Disney to introduce a heroine with glasses, has now begged Unicode Consortium, which rules on emojis, to remove specs from the ‘nerds’ icon, insisting: ‘People who wear glasses are not nerds.’ On another note – this young teenager begs for glasses to be removed from “nerd” emoji Calls to change Nerd emoji The official list of “cancelled” emoji includes: Thumbs-up, Red Heart, “OK” hand, Checkmark (or the Tick), Poo, Loud crying face, Monkey covering eyes, Clapping hands, Lipstick kiss mark, Grimacing face. ![]() A survey of 2,000 people conducted by Perspectus Global showed that a majority of people between the ages of 16 and 29 believe that you are “officially old” if you use thumbs-up or heart emoji. The heart is also falling out of fashion. It’s not passive-aggressive at all that I’ve seen, it seems to be a younger generational thing,” added another. “What the kids do, is not what everyone else adopts. “So it’s like a sarcastic thing? Man I’m getting old lol,” one wrote. Other generations (like me!) seemed totally confused by emoji etiquette. The poster explained a thumbs-up “is usually a response if the other person is being rude or annoying or stupid.” “Took me a bit to adjust and get out of my head that it means they’re mad at me.” “Everyone my age in the office doesn’t do it, but the Gen X people always do it,” they wrote. So I also had a weird time adjusting because my workplace is the same.” “It’s super rude if someone just sends you a thumbs up. They explained, “For younger people (I’m 24 for reference) the thumbs-up emoji is used to be really passive-aggressive,” they wrote. One 24-year-old attempted to sum up the argument by saying the thumbs-up emoji is “hostile” and is “definitely a not nice thing”. Several even claimed that they felt attacked whenever it’s used. The thumbs-up emoji gives off a passive-aggressive and even confrontational air, according to Gen Zers, who were born between 19. While one young girl goes into battle to change offensive nerd emoji.Ī post on Reddit sparked the discussion with one user claiming that they’re “not adult enough to be comfortable with the thumbs-up emoji reaction” - and revealed why they should never be used. Gen Z has declared the thumbs-up emoji has a “rude” meaning and should not be used in any conversation. ![]()
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