Every time somebody sends me a thumb I take it as “whatever you say you fucking dumbass” and it pisses me off.

And ya, I’m aware that that the replies are going to be thumbs, let’s see em ya jerks!!!

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    7 months ago

    I used to but then at work everyone always uses the thumbs up on slack. So I got used to it. Nowadays it depends on the context of the convo

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    7 months ago

    I’ll reply with the all mighty answer:

    It depends.

    Depends on the people you are talking to I’d say.

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    7 months ago

    Depending on the context, it is can be used sarcastically, which may be rude. But I’ve used this even in semi-formal settings.

    I have to ask, are people these days that easily offended?

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      Yes lmao, where you been? People want to be offended now to the degree where they look for things that aren’t really offensive but they can use it for sympathy likes.

      Maybe I just have tuned my ability to notice it from years of “nothing is ever good enough” parents, teachers, and employers, but it’s literally the same mechanism that made my mom say “well a B is good but you need to be getting As. (And later) Well that low A is good but you need to get it higher.” Or my boss just always saying “faster faster” no matter how much “faster faster” you go, so I now just say “you got it boss” and continue at my pace instead of breaking my back just to hear “faster faster” again in response like he’s some kind of weird Gull that gained the ability to mimic human speech it can’t comprehend. It all comes from the same place, plus a dash of clickbait.

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    7 months ago

    Depends on context - if it’s a yes/no question or something that can be replied to with a simple “great” or “okay”, thumbs up serves as a “yes” or as a gesture that the person has read the message and doesn’t have any problems with it.

    It might be considered rude though for more complex discussions, where you need to respond in sentences

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    7 months ago

    It really depends on the age of the sender.

    30s and younger: Fairly dismissive response. Not outright insulting but pretty rude.

    40s and older: genuinely meant as an earnest acknowledgement of your message.

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    7 months ago

    No. Thumbs up means that I agree with you. I know that the younger generation has started interpreting a thumbs up as something negative though, which just blows my mind.

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      7 months ago

      It’s not the thumbs up in itself that is seen as rude, but the short dismissive affirmative.

      Someone that sees it as rude would feel like they put effort into their message and expect some kind of effort back in the reply,

      the single emoji response can also make it seem like you didn’t even care to read it, and just say replied with something to make them shut up.

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        7 months ago

        I understand how someone can see a thumbs up as something rude in certain circumstances. What I’m having a hard time understanding is that some people seem to believe that the thumb up is ALWAYS rude.

        What is rude, as you say, is the lack of a proper response, depending on the conversation. Not the thumb in itself.

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        7 months ago

        Right, but sometimes you just need to say “I’ve read what you said. Sounds good to me. No need to keep discussing.”, especially when organising things.

        👍

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    7 months ago

    It has too much function to take it as a dismissive reply… unless it’s obvious.

    For work I use it all the time to confirm I got an email. I can see how it may ruffle feathers, but my other colleagues don’t even confirm they got the message. Using the thumbs up also helps me organize what I need to do because half it is just in emails I gave a thumbs up to.

    If I just replied 👍 to this post, I can see how that would be bullshit but that’s not how Im using it.

    Its kinda like saying “sir” or “ma’am.” Some people are too good for it imo and some people may have good reasons to feel uneasy about it, but to me it is respectful to use it as long as you aren’t clearly a shit head.

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    7 months ago

    Just like a curt “yes” or even “yes sir” can be seen as somewhat rude in some contexts, so to can its emoji equivalent.