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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not really how ๐Ÿ‘€ is used these days among the young folk, but I wouldn't expect a random Canadian farmer to know that either.

I don't think that a thumbs up emoji should be a valid signature. The farmer was responding to "please confirm flax contract" and the thumbs up emoji really could mean "I've seen your text and will look at the contract to confirm/deny soon." Although the article did also mention that the same type of acceptance had happened previously with this farmer where the contracts were treated as valid and fulfilled so the farmer is probably disingenuous with their argument.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would use ๐Ÿ‘€ that way. What else would it be?

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's alluding to being interested.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Surprise and or shock? Wariness? They look like cartoon eyes on like Wile-E-Coyote or Tom when they realize they're still holding the dynamite. ๐Ÿงจ ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ˜จ

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's more like "look at this shit"/"you seeing this?"/โ€œwhoaโ€ for general stuff. Or sometimes with a slightly inappropriate joke or flirting the eyes acknowledge that and lessen it - like saying jk did back in the day.

In this context if I sent a contract to someone younger and they responded ๐Ÿ‘€ I might have to doublecheck if something was glaringly wrong with it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's interesting. It's wild how emojis are actually the closest thing we have to a universal language, but that language is still new enough that meanings are very fluid and open to interpretation.