I remember this paper making a few headlines when it was published. It’s cool to start seeing generational trends in how emojis are used. I imagine they’ll flow in and out of the zeitgeist the same way clothing and other pop cultural trends do.
Also, my condolences to GenX. Authors didn’t even bother including them 💀
Apparently "Impregnate me pls :3 " translated to GenZ is “Breed me fr fr 😩💦”
i legit know prople who text like this
Emojis are kind of dead/dying but yeah thats pretty accurate
Emojis started dying the moment marketing drones started using them regularly.
I remember this paper making a few headlines when it was published. It’s cool to start seeing generational trends in how emojis are used. I imagine they’ll flow in and out of the zeitgeist the same way clothing and other pop cultural trends do.
Also, my condolences to GenX. Authors didn’t even bother including them 💀
GenX being forgotten about is very on brand, but I feel like genXers largely aligned themselves either as boomers or elderly elder millenials