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[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 12 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Yeah, what's with boomers and the need to add an emoji at the end if each message?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Singular and plural are the same because it's a Japanese loanword. All nouns in Japanese can be used this way, to my knowledge.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Nope, it's Latin. The original emojus was the dong, and could be found scrawled on every wall in Rome.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

wait, that's boomer shit? 😟

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

😎 yeah you gotta add it to the beginning!

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago

🤔😁😉😝

[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The same with millennials adding lol to the end of every sentence. Which is me I do that lol.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what you mean lol

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

lol right

usually I'm good with it but sometimes it just seems the most appropriate, like now lol

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My mate is technically a boomer and he puts lol and emojis at the end of his messages.

My sister is nearly a boomer yet will not use lol or emojis. However she ends every sentence with at least two x's. That's every sentence!

I still don't know which is worse.

Edit: I just remembered. My mate texted me once to tell me his brother just got diagnosed with arse cancer and ended the text with a few prayer emojis, an upside down head emoji, with a lol in-between.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I've not used lol properly since we stopped using T9 keypad phones

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

I'm not a boomer 😡

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, they should emote instead >:(

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hard agree on this one (´・ω・`)

[–] timsjel@piefed.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To real, am boomer-ish and I dont know why but there's like an itch within and I fucking can not not do that shit. Im broken for sure 😢

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's the psychology of inferring tone from text, and not wanting to be misunderstood in a faster-paced communications medium. A shortcut to ensure the message is received with the proper intent when the engagement time has fallen drastically?

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then why are people using this bugger everywhere: 😂

Like theyre actually laughing to tears when they see something remotely funny. I don't buy it

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's boomer for lol and rofl

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I don't mind that as much as the boomer thing of adding ellipses at the end of every text. Especially extra strength ellipses........ Horrid writing style

Edit: I wrote an 8-dot ellipses and Lemmy truncated it to three. I just love that.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, I had a boss who did that. Everything else about him was amazing, but those fucking ellipses drove me up the wall.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit, you worked for Scott too?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago