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[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t limit yourself like that. I use hearts, peace signs, horns, spock hands, thumbs up, whatever I feel like. There’s no need to add gender to this stuff.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thats great! I feel comfortable using the heart emoji with my wife and kids, but for co-workers it can be a little creepy depending in the circumstance. I started using the blue heart, but that just caused confusion. I found the horns conveyed the thought better without being creepy.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I totally understand the potential creepiness factor with coworkers, but I just try to read the room, and as far as I know, I haven’t creeped anyone out. I find the heart emoji should be used sparingly regardless of gender. My (female) manager recently wished me well while I was sick, and a heart emoji was the perfect response.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

As a guy I've come to use hearts emojis more and more given it's ok in the context...

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry to be a boomer, but in the context does horns emoji mean purple devil, brass instrument, or rock horns hand-gesture?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Rock horns. Shorthand for β€œthat rocks” a more manly way to say I love that.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Do you mean because boys love ska and jazz?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

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