Post #1506484

2026-04-21 15:58 UTC

I try to accept things in the spirit in which they&#39;re offered but I really have trouble with the hug emoji as a whole and entire response to anything. Like, as seasoning? Sure. As an opener perhaps. But just that /by itself/ often feels dismissive. (This is not aimed at anyone in particular and I fully understand that this is a Me Problem, much like most of my problems.)

Replies (4)

@karyxdragon@hydaelyn.coerthansnowstorm.online 2026-04-21 16:01

@jacel I feel the same about most emoji and asterisk replies without some followup. It's very much the equivalent of "thoughts and prayers". Ameliorating their guilt while doing fuck all for anybody else.

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@Keab42@kind.social 2026-04-21 16:07

@jacel I get it. I shall try to bear this in mind in future. I do occasionally have the habit of responding with just an emoji or a gif.

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@Kestenan@meow.social 2026-04-21 16:34

@jacel I use them the same way as I use smiles! Eg, all the time as a defensive mechanism! :D (I do sometimes use them solo, and when I do, I hope they’ll be seen as the expression I want to convey to the other person, because they can’t see me smile or hear me laugh in real life! I shall now be aware that they may be seen differently, in different contexts!)

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@polychromata@plush.city 2026-04-21 17:23

@jacel Agreed! Maybe it's just my text culturing, but emoji reacts and emoji-only messages always seem so…shallow? low-signal? I much prefer writing and receiving words or gestures.

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