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[โ€“] blanketswithsmallpox 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Meaning there's a better emoji. Thumbs up has and should always mean just thumbs up.

A more appropriate sarcastic thumbs up would be. ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ‘

The whole point of emoji is to literally help convey the direct emotion. If someone just uses thumbs up with no context expecting it to be read as sarcasm, then they just suck.

Have you ever given someone a thumbs up irl without a dumbass face or full body twitch attached if it was sarcastic? I sure haven't lol.

[Serious] People hate on sarcasm tags but I'd go even further and preface nearly everything with Elcor emotion tags.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Have you ever given someone a thumbs up irl without a dumbass face or full body twitch attached if it was sarcastic? I sure haven't lol.

I actually have, when someone was annoying me. A goofy face wouldn't convey the disinterest I have in continuing a conversation. I guess ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘ could work, but that requires enough effort that it undermines the disinterest part.