▲ 251 ▼ Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance (www.theglobeandmail.com) submitted 3 years ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (4 children) I would use 👀 that way. What else would it be? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Vulnicura@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago* It's alluding to being interested. permalink fedilink source parent [–] valek879@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years 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. 🧨 👀 😨 permalink fedilink source parent [–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's more like "look at this shit"/"you seeing this?"/“whoa” 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 👀 I might have to doublecheck if something was glaringly wrong with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 point 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vulnicura@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago* It's alluding to being interested. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] valek879@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years 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. 🧨 👀 😨 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's more like "look at this shit"/"you seeing this?"/“whoa” 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 👀 I might have to doublecheck if something was glaringly wrong with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 point 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 point 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent