is there an emoji or emoji habit that bothers you?

[LadyDestani]

I can't think of anything that bothers me too much with the way other people use emojis. Most of the time, I'm speed reading through anyway so I'll just glance at the emoji for context and promptly ignore it.

I don't use emojis very often because there are far too many now and most of the time I can't be bothered to sort through them all looking for the right one to express myself. I used to use text emojis more, but now those are automatically translated into images that I may not like as much, so I've pretty much stopped doing that. I'll only add an emoji if I feel one will help avoid confusion or sometimes for a little flair.

This conversation has gotten me thinking that I might be overusing the regular smiley emoji at work, though. Now that my whole company is working from home, I use it a lot to soften requests, show appreciation, and just convey kindness. But I'm probably using it too much.

 

[Alienfish]

this one, i see it 24/7 on social media and it's like.. okay what even is this lol

also people who slap the praying hands on like everything that is not even related to it

 

[Sheep Villager]

This is a weird one but...

Older people (45+) who use .
The entire reason for this is to someone my age that emoji reads as either sarcastic or pretending everything is okay, but for older people it seems to read as a silly alternative to the normal smile emoji.

It's quite the experience to receive a heartfelt message from an older relative and then they use the upside down smile.

I think that's the only one that bothers me and it's purely due to how lost in translation it is between different aged people.​

 

[amemome]

I barely use emojis since I have to go into a separate keyboard just to access them. my favorites are usually just the text-based emotes.

ugh i totally forgot to answer the question... i hate how emojis look different based on what platform you use (like Android vs iPhone). i don't have an emoji or emoji habit that bothers me in particular, though i do really think it's tacky to use the handclaps between every word

 

[Plainbluetees]

This emoji:

• It creeps me out. I don’t even know what people think it means, but I just think if it as a random monkey.

And this one, too:

• This one makes me think of insane and not funny, which is just weird.

 

[Antonio]

Less of a habit and more of the actual emoji like why tf does it have eyes? This is the emoji that boomers use when they want to be quirky.

 

[Dinosaurz]

Is a really good one to use when you’re being serious about smiley cause everyone think your sarcastic and it throws them off

 

[LadyDestani]

This is a weird one but...

Older people (45+) who use .
The entire reason for this is to someone my age that emoji reads as either sarcastic or pretending everything is okay, but for older people it seems to read as a silly alternative to the normal smile emoji.

It's quite the experience to receive a heartfelt message from an older relative and then they use the upside down smile.

I think that's the only one that bothers me and it's purely due to how lost in translation it is between different aged people.​

Ok, you just reminded me that I hate it when my dad uses emojis. He doesn't text me often because he prefers to call, but whenever he does text he adds the most random string of emojis at the end. I'm positive he has no idea what any of them mean and he probably thinks he's being cool.

Example:
Hope your day is going well!!

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

Ok, you just reminded me that I hate it when my dad uses emojis. He doesn't text me often because he prefers to call, but whenever he does text he adds the most random string of emojis at the end. I'm positive he has no idea what any of them mean and he probably thinks he's being cool.

Example:
Hope your day is going well!!

My mom doesn’t use emoji a ton either, but the one she mostly uses is the glasses one . It doesn’t bother me too much even if that’s not it’s intended use.

As for my pet peeve, I don’t really like using emoji for...less than savory things. You know the ones. I like keeping myself classy.

 

[Crash]

i hate any overuse of emojis. like using one every other word is enough to set me off

also the one. why do people use it in excess?? what does it mean? i don't know

 

[trashpedia]

I don’t mind emojis at all, but I only use emojis while text to indicate sarcasm or irony because I never use them 99% of the time. I only use text emojis most of the time.However, I do find it annoying when people spam them aftereveryword just likethis

It bothers me when people type some paragraph and put emojis next to each word like why my guy

ex) Do youLove ice cream? Your mind will be blown if you try our brand! Buy yours today🗓

*cringes*

Oml I hate it when people spam emojis like that. I can’t take them seriously and it’s so grating on the eyes.

When people do this but like unironically

I see this a lot on Twitter and it’s so annoying. It comes off as preachy and pretentious.

 

[deleted]

I prefer emoticons!

The only emojis I use are

 

[lana.]

i dislike , i have no idea why, but i do. just isn’t the same as : ) to me. it feels so judgmental and it scares me a little. again, no idea why. if i ever have sent you , just know it was an accident lol

now it is in my recently used emojis >:0

also i almost forgot about , i dont like it D;

 

[Sharksheep]

I don't really use emojis that much unless it's like discord custom emojis. I do use the kaomojis on my phone sometimes like this one :
┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

The only time I can think of really hating emojis is when it's the hearts and sparkles combined with uwu speak

 

[jiny]

i use emojis sarcastically, but i use them seriously when im texting my older relatives soo yeah haha
but an emoji that really bothers me is its so over the top HAHA like just use the regular laughing emoji

 

[Neb]

If a website or app has the option to upload custom emojis I’ll mainly use those. The default Apple emojis just seem generic to me.

As for habits, I don’t like it when people put heart emojis at the end of every message. ❤ It makes it harder to understand their motives. Are you being affectionate or are you simply expressing a liking for something? Try using some other emoji to indicate enthusiasm. It might make things less confusing.

 

[nightxshift]

This one:
Can’t u just use the regular
Lolll

 

[Giddy]

I don't like any of the emoji in general. They feel too forced, and despite them showing an emotion, I find it hard to tell what sort of emotion sometimes. Like this one, may look all smile, but to me it also looks like a strained smile, like they're trying not to get angry at you.

Also I can tell with some people, their uses of the emojis are subjective, so for certain people they mean something differently which means you gotta be careful how to use them with that person. I don't find it helps the conversations at all, and I find it unbearable if people use it too much in their sentences. Definitely if they use it instead of a word!

I use text emoji's :3 because they're simple. I also use these when I feel upto searching for them~ XD

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[Soigne]

i'm really tired of this and when people do this 👁👁

 

[eseamir]

I have to agree with your first friend, I can't count the amount of times I've read someone's post on social media that's like:

"can't believe this awful thing happened!! "

and been like ??? are you enjoying it??