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Mastering contemporary emojis is hard work; in order to use them efficiently, one has to be fluent in Internet culture, and that's not something you become overnight.
But some old people are having trouble with even the most basic emojis. Like the face with tears of joy -- hysterical laughter -- which they use to express sadness. In their defense, it's quite easy to mix the two in digital form if you don't give it much thought or your eyesight is weakening. However, receiving bad news from someone who appears to be so happy about it, they're happy-crying is wrong on so, so many levels.
Continue scrolling to check out what I mean.
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ElusiveIntrovert 5 years ago
Or may be your grandma is super happy that she doesn't have to meet you. JK :D
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Paul Jordan 5 years ago
Oh muck fee... I read that as I'm so so glad you are suffering... see what this threads done to me??? Evil, evil thread...
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What do you think ?
Kaspar Kristiansen 5 years ago
This is actually sad and not funny...Hopefully every one of those "old" people was told what the true meaning of the emoji is, so they correct it.
Kesam 5 years ago
I agree. But I also see this as a failure of the emoji developers. If you make something people misunderstand a lot, you need to improve it.
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Kaspar Kristiansen 5 years ago
This is actually sad and not funny...Hopefully every one of those "old" people was told what the true meaning of the emoji is, so they correct it.
Kesam 5 years ago
I agree. But I also see this as a failure of the emoji developers. If you make something people misunderstand a lot, you need to improve it.
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