Taking a hardline approach to prescriptivism is the language equivalent of feeling very strongly about one specific year of pop culture and wanting to hit the brakes on the march of time and keep resurrecting, say, Pump Up The Jam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awHOWeDBQtk
Stay mad, Peak Human!
I think I’ve figured it out. These mega-genius redditor libs understand the secret truth: The more verbose someone is, the more cleverer and correct they are. The more they waffle on about a topic, the smartier they are. Therefore, someone trying to communicate more efficiently, using a picture to convey their meaning, the more stupid and wrong they most certainly are.
what if I’m crazy verbose but also sprinkle in emojis just to make sure my tone/intent is coming through
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The more verbose someone is, the more cleverer and correct they are…
You know what this means: deploy the leftist memes!
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So just
being
Women tend to use emojis more, so redditors and by extension lemmitors hate emojis
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Of course I am
I’m gonna crosspost in that thread
Huh, I never really thought about it before, but I hate that you’re probably right.
I like big emojis and I cannot lie.
I like pig butts and I can not lie
All you other brothers can’t deny
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Sarcasm is very hard to convey with just text. Emojis help fix that.
Is this a BMF post
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Are they trying to make themselves feel superior to us since we use lots of emojis?
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I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
