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I suppose it depends what I sent them to prompt the reply? "Dinner at 6?" followed by π is fine. "My grandpop is dying, he may not make it through the week" -> π would send me right off.
Depends on context but mainly it just means 'Okay!' or 'Go ahead!'
no definitely not. but that's probably because i don't associate with people who think im a piece of shit
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It depens on the context. I use π in my work to show that I get the messages my superiors sent me.
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It depends on context and conversation. I get π replies to my comments at work which 80% of the time means whatever I'm about to break in the code base nobody is currently working on.
Depends on where you put the thumb I guess.
Initially I did yeah, but eventually learned that different people use it differently. So good practice to never assume sarcasm through emojis unless you know the person well
Not really, maybe passive agressive at times, but I always see it as casual agreement.
No, I see it as friendly, but I receive them from my friends. I think if you have a doubt in the relationship already you are more likely to interpret any short reply as rude than if you are confident in what your relationship means to them.
I'm going to say it's not a "you" problem, but a "who you're surrounded by" problem. Is this something you're used to percieving accurately? Do you have friends or family who would actually mean it rudely? Because, as others have mentioned, I simply would not be able to function at work if I interpreted π as rude/sarcastic.
I have to assume you're young or your work doesn't involve communicating with coworkers or clients over text. I'd also be curious if you look back at this post 5-10 years from now and think "wtf was I on about?" (I'd also be curious if civilization still exists 5-10 years from now, but I digress...)
Yes, I actually do interpret it that way even though I'm pretty sure I've never received it with that intent. Then I think "why am I like this?" and wonder if this is part of getting old. This is actually much less of a joke than it probably sounds like.
So some guy sends you a particular emoji and gets to live rent-free in your head for an hour?
Like βOKβ it depends on context, and irony can be hard to discern online.
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No.
It says we are all a bunch Fonzies here, and what is Fonzie?
Reference to an old American television show where the "cool" character used to make the thumbs up gesture.
Donβt touch the leather.
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Generally, I do not. But Iβm sure there is a scenario where it is used as a rude way to terminate a conversation.
You see it as dismissive. Low effort reply, like they couldn't be bothered. It's not inviting continued conversation so you see it as someone telling you to stop talking to them.
If I were to guess. In your eyes. They might as well have replied with "cool story bro".
Which is now forever a sarcastic term and no one regardless of what you say, will believe that you actually found their story cool.
I used to but then at work everyone always uses the thumbs up on slack. So I got used to it. Nowadays it depends on the context of the convo