Is the Thumbs-up Emoji Passive Aggressive For Gen Z?
The use of emojis is also becoming a popular choice of how the older generation is communicating with Gen Z News doing rounds nowadays is that the famous ‘thumbs-up’ sign is ‘passively aggressive’. Apparently the GenZ is labelling this famous emoji as this and this is becoming a debate of television shows as well. Emojis were first seen in 2011 on I-phones and have since then been in famous and been used as short message sending tools. There is also a belief that the sign now looks rude and those using it also look old. Among the list of emojis that make texters look old to Gen Z: the red heart, the clapping hands, and the checkmark. This is considered an extremely positive emoji, according to the older generation, which can’t understand how this has become a ‘passive aggressive’ sign of communication. From 2021 till date, the most popular one remains ‘face with tears of joy’ despite the disapproval of the Gen Z. While those depicting Covid19 had increased around the pandemic tim...