To be honest, anyone who needs everyone to walk on such eggshells when communicating with them needs to toughen up. Full stop. Without emojis. :) Grow up.
Generally, this so-called x-er's compulsion to employ proper diction intends to convey that I value my keystrokes and far outstrips any worry that the person on the other end might misunderstand me. More pointedly, I'm all too keen to spit on decorum, whether it be the suit-and-tie set's or that of you scatterbrained kids.
I remember on facebook posts I used to do things like *falls dramatically to the floor* , then I expressed that sentiment using a gif of someone actually falling. Now I express it through the melt face emoji. I also add 'lol' to soften the blow of a comment. i.e."well that didn't go well lol". lol is now a chuckle, or a dervish sound. Actual laughing is like 🤣😆😂 (although the with tears is exclusively millennial now). I don't want to use the 💀, it feels too gruesome, plus it probably wasn't *that* funny. I love examining language and communication. Messaging etiquette is important since no one wants to answer their phone anymore 🤦🏽♀️
I don't really agree with 6, 8, 10, but the others are absolutely true. Especially the first one was kind of horrifying when I saw it put in text, but reading the sentences with/without dots I feel the sentiment exactly as described
When you have seen the message and do not know how to reply, or the convo has come to an end. A reaction can show that you want to end a convo/you have read and understood and you have no comment.
12. Chatting on different apps can be separate topics and personality
You can have a really serious convo on Messenger and be a sharing meme person through Instagram :))
haha i was not capitalizing or using periods before genz was born - who cares about any of this... in 20 years or so they'll figure out life just like all the other gens did, nothing new
To be honest, anyone who needs everyone to walk on such eggshells when communicating with them needs to toughen up. Full stop. Without emojis. :) Grow up.
Yep, that's why they are also called "snowflake generation"
The only person I know who still uses emojis is my grandmother because she thinks they are cute
Kudos to her effort!
Tragic how many of these social interaction rules are artifacts of Mark Zuckerberg's mind control machine.
Example of how products shape our behavior
I'm a Zoomer but never in my life I ever used emojis. They look tacky.
I hope people around you feel the same. I don't see the need for emojis, either, maybe I'm not of the "text" type
Generally, this so-called x-er's compulsion to employ proper diction intends to convey that I value my keystrokes and far outstrips any worry that the person on the other end might misunderstand me. More pointedly, I'm all too keen to spit on decorum, whether it be the suit-and-tie set's or that of you scatterbrained kids.
so very serious. laughs in gen-x/boomer cusp.
What do you have in your generation that your previous one doesn't?
I don't want to communicate with anyone who needs me to communicate with them like this.
It just makes everything so complicated doesn't it?
I remember on facebook posts I used to do things like *falls dramatically to the floor* , then I expressed that sentiment using a gif of someone actually falling. Now I express it through the melt face emoji. I also add 'lol' to soften the blow of a comment. i.e."well that didn't go well lol". lol is now a chuckle, or a dervish sound. Actual laughing is like 🤣😆😂 (although the with tears is exclusively millennial now). I don't want to use the 💀, it feels too gruesome, plus it probably wasn't *that* funny. I love examining language and communication. Messaging etiquette is important since no one wants to answer their phone anymore 🤦🏽♀️
I love it when someone distracts me with a phone/slack/teams call. Yeah it's distracting, but it gets shit done FAST.
Aaauugghh! It's too complicated! I'm going to open up a Pynchon novel..... (yes, a real novel, not an ebook)
What a fairy tail is this?
I don't really agree with 6, 8, 10, but the others are absolutely true. Especially the first one was kind of horrifying when I saw it put in text, but reading the sentences with/without dots I feel the sentiment exactly as described
The full stop is like someone looks straight into our eyes and say something with poker face and a monotone
hmm, that's a very good comparison, might be worth editing into the article :)
funny how "society" agreed on conveying a face expression like this
As a zoomer this is basically spot on
like, all? You must be a mid zoomer?
I wasn't aware of 10, and 2 has a bit more nuance (using emoji frequently is primarily a girl thing, guys use them sparingly). I was born in 2000.
One dear subscriber wanted to add to my list:
11. A reaction is better than seen
When you have seen the message and do not know how to reply, or the convo has come to an end. A reaction can show that you want to end a convo/you have read and understood and you have no comment.
12. Chatting on different apps can be separate topics and personality
You can have a really serious convo on Messenger and be a sharing meme person through Instagram :))
personally I like emojis, especially 😁 and 🥺 but other egg shells make me scared
LOL, I didn't know my wife's a Gen Z - she always sees a second/hidden meaning in everything I say.
wife: Did I loose some weight?
me: Yeah babe, you look fab.
wife: DO YOU WANT TO SAY I WAS FAT?!!!
haha i was not capitalizing or using periods before genz was born - who cares about any of this... in 20 years or so they'll figure out life just like all the other gens did, nothing new
well, until then, they have enough time to inflict this mindset onto the next generation :)