I fully expect what the first reply to this might be.
I use it IRL and have used the emoji I think once. So egg on your face, you fucking rube! You’ve never been more wrong bucko!
I’m still using it as an “I got it” hand gesture; if i’m in the middle of some work and someone approaches me to tell me something while i’m busy.
I do
(sorry, not the first)
I love using thumbs up ironically. Like is someone trying to ask for an explanation to why i don’t sit down to shit? 👍
That’s not an example of irony though?
*I love using thumbs up in a way that invokes absurdist situational irony by laying out an absurd situation that the other person expects an explanation for, but instead receives a friendly affirmation in the form of the thumbs up emoji, which exemplifies situational irony by subverting the other person’s expectations of what the situation is actually about.
Wildly untrue. I see thumbs up every day.
I give a thumbs up to tell my scuba buddy that its time to ascend
But people do. I use it all the time.
I feel like this is a you thing. I bet if you started doing it around people others would start doing it without realizing.
That might be true, or something local. I posted that this morning then got too busy to check in. I probably should have made it less about “positive/negative” and more about “it’s cool vs not cool” Here is my way too late OP explanation:
I go to a lot of sports events, hockey mostly. Since the 90s my friends and I play a little game. Count the people who give a #1 finger on the jumbotron vs point at their jersey vs thumbs up. Collectively, we have decided that ”kids today” don’t use thumbs up as much as in the past. I also noticed “Let’s go!” Is the cheer these days.
Sorry for oversimplifying my shower thought.
All good. I made a similar extrapolation the other day about pudding not seeming as popular because I wasn’t seeing people eating it or it advertised but after voicing my thoughts to a coworker I realized I’m probably just not anywhere near the target market. I’m not a sugar crazed child watching children’s TV networks and nor do I have kids myself.
i use it a lot… when im on the phone and someone pops in asking question only needing a positive response.
I use it on Teams
I use it on Skype. Not just video, but in chat as well
👍🏼
I give thumbs up all the time. Usually two of them at the same time with a forced smile to let people know I wanna turn into oncoming traffic every day.
OP, where do you live? I get thumbs up all the time. Sometimes as a greeting, sometimes as an encouragement (e.g. during a run), sometimes even as a means of communication in traffic.
Western Canada. I was thinking maybe it’s like a soda vs pop thing. Or just wildly isolated to my own experience. Just showerthinking.
