That might be true, or something local. I posted that this morning then got too busy to check in. I probably should have made it less about “positive/negative” and more about “it’s cool vs not cool” Here is my way too late OP explanation:
I go to a lot of sports events, hockey mostly. Since the 90s my friends and I play a little game. Count the people who give a #1 finger on the jumbotron vs point at their jersey vs thumbs up. Collectively, we have decided that ”kids today” don’t use thumbs up as much as in the past. I also noticed “Let’s go!” Is the cheer these days.
All good. I made a similar extrapolation the other day about pudding not seeming as popular because I wasn't seeing people eating it or it advertised but after voicing my thoughts to a coworker I realized I'm probably just not anywhere near the target market. I'm not a sugar crazed child watching children's TV networks and nor do I have kids myself.
OP, where do you live? I get thumbs up all the time. Sometimes as a greeting, sometimes as an encouragement (e.g. during a run), sometimes even as a means of communication in traffic.
I give thumbs up all the time. Usually two of them at the same time with a forced smile to let people know I wanna turn into oncoming traffic every day.
I used it three times this morning at the dentist because I couldn't talk. Also use it regularly at work to convey agreement. See others use it fairly often too.
*I love using thumbs up in a way that invokes absurdist situational irony by laying out an absurd situation that the other person expects an explanation for, but instead receives a friendly affirmation in the form of the thumbs up emoji, which exemplifies situational irony by subverting the other person's expectations of what the situation is actually about.
I use a thumbs up reaction as "I acknowledge I've read and understood this, but don't think you require a push notification" so I guess your mileage may vary
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bizzle@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 1y
Everyone i know gives thumbs up
navi@lemmy.tespia.org · 13 pts · 1y
👍 same
mp3@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
Same, even my young kids if I ask them a yes/no question while they're eating to avoid talking with their mouth full.
TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee · 39 pts · 1y
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 30 pts · 1y
i use it a lot.. when im on the phone and someone pops in asking question only needing a positive response.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 28 pts · 1y
Wildly untrue. I see thumbs up every day.
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space · 28 pts · 1y
I feel like this is a you thing. I bet if you started doing it around people others would start doing it without realizing.
paulzy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
That might be true, or something local. I posted that this morning then got too busy to check in. I probably should have made it less about “positive/negative” and more about “it’s cool vs not cool” Here is my way too late OP explanation:
I go to a lot of sports events, hockey mostly. Since the 90s my friends and I play a little game. Count the people who give a #1 finger on the jumbotron vs point at their jersey vs thumbs up. Collectively, we have decided that ”kids today” don’t use thumbs up as much as in the past. I also noticed “Let’s go!” Is the cheer these days.
Sorry for oversimplifying my shower thought.
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space · 2 pts · 1y
All good. I made a similar extrapolation the other day about pudding not seeming as popular because I wasn't seeing people eating it or it advertised but after voicing my thoughts to a coworker I realized I'm probably just not anywhere near the target market. I'm not a sugar crazed child watching children's TV networks and nor do I have kids myself.
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 1y
But people do. I use it all the time.
EtzBetz@feddit.org · 17 pts · 1y
I really do regularly
intensely_human@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y
So do I
kubok@fedia.io · 15 pts · 1y
OP, where do you live? I get thumbs up all the time. Sometimes as a greeting, sometimes as an encouragement (e.g. during a run), sometimes even as a means of communication in traffic.
paulzy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Western Canada. I was thinking maybe it’s like a soda vs pop thing. Or just wildly isolated to my own experience. Just showerthinking.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
👍🏼
BenLeMan@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
(sorry, not the first)
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I use it IRL and have used the emoji I think once. So egg on your face, you fucking rube! You've never been more wrong bucko!
Lairo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
👍
Majorllama@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I give thumbs up all the time. Usually two of them at the same time with a forced smile to let people know I wanna turn into oncoming traffic every day.
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I do
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
I'm more of a finger guns kinda guy.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
A real straight shooter.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
That's very anecdotal, do you know any studies that investigate thumbs up prevalence IRL and online?
TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
The deaf guys at my warehouse exist lol
I should get better at ASL
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
My kid uses it very liberally.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 6 pts · 1y
Do finger guns count as a thumbs up? My thumbs are up when I do them.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
That depends, is it a revolver or a semi-auto?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Double action revolvers are semi auto.
Some mag fed pistols have external hammers.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Honestly, I know fuck-all about guns. I just thought I'd make a funny 😓
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Good effort.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
WOAH why are you pointing cocked finger guns at people? That's dangerous.
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Yeah I do, I just use the wrong thumb most times.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y
Is there a wrong thumb?
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
🖕
ekZepp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Pretty sure that's not a thumb. 🤣
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
It's my emotional support thumb
rljkeimig@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
I do it constantly, also the 🤙 and the shocker depending on the vibes.
figjam@midwest.social · 4 pts · 1y
I give a thumbs up to tell my scuba buddy that its time to ascend
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I used it three times this morning at the dentist because I couldn't talk. Also use it regularly at work to convey agreement. See others use it fairly often too.
ekZepp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I'm still using it as an "I got it" hand gesture; if i'm in the middle of some work and someone approaches me to tell me something while i'm busy.
burgersc12@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
Guess this should be on unpopular opinion since everyone in the comments is disputing OP
paulzy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Unpopular opinions are one of my specialties.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
What about fighting Sith lords?
otacon239@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
With my boss, I flip randomly from 👍 to 👌 to 🖕
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Lots of things have suffered the same fate. Just think of LOL, 😂, or 🤣 for example.
crimsonpoodle@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y
People still laugh
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Yes they do, but the text response doesn’t really reflect the actual one.
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 1y
I love using thumbs up ironically. Like is someone trying to ask for an explanation to why i don't sit down to shit? 👍
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
That's not an example of irony though?
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
*I love using thumbs up in a way that invokes absurdist situational irony by laying out an absurd situation that the other person expects an explanation for, but instead receives a friendly affirmation in the form of the thumbs up emoji, which exemplifies situational irony by subverting the other person's expectations of what the situation is actually about.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Still not irony, are you American by any chance?
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
?? I don't really understand what your goal is here
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Americans tend to have poor understandings of what constitutes irony.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 1y
I use it on Teams
Agent641@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I use it on Skype. Not just video, but in chat as well
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 1y
The thumbs up emoji is hated now and viewed as passive aggressive compliance.
So, I definitely thumbs up more often IRL.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Maybe where you live, but not for me. Thumbs up emoji just means okay / will do / message received, in Colorado at least
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Is it tho?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y
This is what my wife and kids have told me. 🤷🏻♂️
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I see.
Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I use a thumbs up reaction as "I acknowledge I've read and understood this, but don't think you require a push notification" so I guess your mileage may vary
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
That's what I thought too, but I was told that's no longer the case.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
What hare brained social group do you participate in?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2022/10/16/gen-z-have-canceled-the-thumbs-up-emoji-and-heres-why-we-should-worry/
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
Like I am going to trust forbes to have the pulse of gen z.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
👍
pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
It’s definitely the way my ex wife uses it. So it just has a negative connotation to it for me.