This intergenerational miscommunication was recently reported on by the Wall Street Journal, citing all manner of young people who feel affronted by what they declare is an unforgivably sincere use of the smiley face.īut I like using the smiley face sincerely! Get with the programme, you fossil. It’s still enough to draw a line in the sand. And I have no option but to declare you my sworn enemy.īut we’re almost the same age. I can’t hear you over your Glenn Miller music and the sound of your walk-in bath filling up. No! I’m a millennial! I’m cool! I wear skinny jeans and side-part my hair. Let me ask you a question: how old are you?įor the sake of argument, let’s say early 30s. A smiley face emoji at the end of a message is a patronising pat on the head from somebody who wishes you nothing but ill fortune. But … but … why ? It’s a tool of passive aggression and dismissiveness.
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