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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (17 children)

What's wrong with that? It's a common gesture for thanks in many places irl... that's the first thing i think when I see that emoji, and I'm from a western culture...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    I think pray, because that's what you have to type to use it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (13 children)

    You can also type "thanks" or "please". Both of those show the hands together emoji.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I shall inform south asian people that they are using their hands wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 1 year 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'?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    Are people also using eggplants improperly? And, you're proud to never have said thank you?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    I don't use eggplant as a euphemism for penis. I just say penis.

    I don't grovel like a simp. I say thank you and please like an adult, because I am an adult.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    You sound like a child who is so desperate to sound like an adult that they obsess over meaningless things like using the correct emojis.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    🤡 🖕

    this means I'm sorry if it is clear enough.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    well if you're going to accuse me of being childish I would hate to pass the opportunity up.

    seriously, just do it

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year 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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