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Do you interpret a 👍 as a rude reply? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours 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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours 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.