The versatility of '😩' is mind-blowing.
, but I wanted to know more about their emoji use in the first place, and how it compares to older generations'. So, I decided to ask three different generations how they use certain emojis. : a 13-year-old 8th graderAnd two people in their 50s:Before I asked about specific emojis, I asked for their thoughts on generational emoji use.
Jo, a Gen Z'er, said that their generation doesn't use emojis"the way they’re supposed to be used," and instead, uses them"in an ironic way." They added,"We use emojis a lot as a joke or to imitate someone who would use them literally.”“If I use a laughing emoji, it would be to imitate someone who uses that emoji.”
“Gen Z evolves really fast. If something's funny one day, it’s not necessarily funny the next day, so you have to keep up.""Older generations use emojis very literally. They’re used to longer trends, so they don’t realize when something’s not funny anymore. It’s hard for them to keep up.” Sam, a millennial, said she thinks younger generations"use emojis as punctuation or as a shorthand response." But"older generations and people not on the ‘net use them in a more serious way.”Ant, a member of Gen X, said that he uses emojis more"in response to other people's texts." He added,"Younger generations use emojis more than we do. I'm more apt to just type something out.
Next, I randomly picked some emojis and asked them what they mean to them or how they use it. Here's what they had to say:
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