• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    they do now because people are using it incorrectly.

    not once in my life have I groveled a “thank you” and I don’t intend to start via text.

    • Humanius@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Emoji aren’t strictly prescriptive with their meaning. They are generic symbols that can have many meanings in different contexts and cultures.

      The name of an emoji is more a suggestion than anything else.

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        8 hours ago

        considering I’m not in south asia, and don’t interact with anyone from south asia it’s not something that I have come across, like ever.

        use it all you want though, I’ll just always remember the douche bag that used it 500 times a day and associate anyone that uses it like them to the douche bag.

        thanks 🤲

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          2 hours ago

          Or you know… they practice yoga…

          Also when i think “prayer hands”. I think of this one 🙏 not this 🤲. That one doesnt appear when you search “thanks”. And i think it would be a little strange to use. Perhaps if the tone is showing ‘humility’?