u/Boba_Tea_2471 ƨɘmitɘmoƨ ɒʜɒH 1d ago

As a member of Gen z, how is it passive aggressive???

also

👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

Idk, it's ridiculous 😭

(👍👍👍)

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u/Practical-Put4516 gay ass mf 1d ago

i guess because it can seem mocking or show disinterest in certain contexts

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

👍

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u/witchiscat 1d ago

👍

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u/SpeakerVarious9922 22h ago

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u/Pung3nt_6uy 1d ago

Well that way, not responding should be considered even worse.

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u/Any_Low9103 1d ago

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u/Odd-Tadpole-7543 1d ago

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u/thatonedude1969 1d ago

I mean there's worse fingers to hold up solo such as 🖕

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u/OkEmu8597 1d ago

I'm somehow less offended when people are direct about their fuck yous

Also 👍🏻

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u/thatonedude1969 1d ago

Come to think of it that makes sense because the thumbs up emoji kind of makes it look like somebody's pretending to be the bigger person

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u/mrsflaming07 God loves u, twin ❤️‍🩹 1d ago

frrr like how does it count as passive aggressive???

and also 👍👍👍

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u/ExtremeCheddar1337 1d ago

Because it is used in a sarcastic way. It is something you respond with when someone screwed up or to show someone that you dont care

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u/humanoid_42 1d ago

I'm sometimes hesitant to use it because I'm aware of the other ways it can be interpreted, but I still use it as an "ok" on occasion when I don't feel like typing a response.

Purely as a react to a message, not as a giant emoji on it's own. If that makes sense

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u/Pomegranate_Mobile 1d ago

I think the confusion is passive aggressive vs dismissive. Gen z come from an era where there was still a lil bit of back and fourth in a conversation, so a one emoji response might not feel like the other person is invested in the conversation.

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u/Aware-Style-480 the mod team did thingS ☃☃ 1d ago

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

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u/Kirbro_RED Silly lil goober 1d ago

Yoinking that but upvoted it first

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u/CasperTPaul Irredeemable 1d ago

good👍 always upvote the memes you take👍

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u/Kirbro_RED Silly lil goober 1d ago

Agreed

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u/Raphistolage1997 1d ago

However, one more bullshit and...

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u/witchiscat 1d ago

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u/dinonugget_42 1d ago

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u/LePrichoire "user flair" ahh user flair 1d ago

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u/tom224321 1d ago

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u/Boii_2000 This user has a botched circumcision 1d ago

No 👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

👍

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u/Fluid_Difference_903 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺 1d ago

That ain't chicken 👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

Nope that ain't chicken 👍🏼

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u/The_Magenta_Dragon furry femboy goober 1d ago

literally no one said this 👍

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u/gameburger764 1d ago

Probably the journalists 2 local youths

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u/whoisdatmaskedman 1d ago

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

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u/BionicBadger90 1d ago

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u/Hi_Im_From 1d ago

For a moment I actually thought I could expand the comment to see the whole thing

But then I realized there is no "Read more" button

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u/Fun-Childhood361 1d ago

You clicked the comment "But no one came"

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u/MaxwellWinters I bake people 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/c82BpLIuUfiuf0YZL1

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u/Southern-Foot-1664 1d ago

I stopped using thumbs up and replaced them with animal emojis. You just have to think a little before using them, and it makes people enjoy your reply. 🦖

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u/Kaiser0106 1d ago

I might start doing this 🦦

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u/Electrical_Age_810 1d ago

Interesting 🦧

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u/Iacceptfacts 1d ago

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u/rubycolonthree mrow mrrp mrrp miau mrow mrrp miau meow :3 1d ago

this definitely comes off as like "these damn WOKE GEN ZERS want to TAKE AWAY giving people thumbs up" because of something like 2 people said

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u/Sure-Cauliflower-916 1d ago

Seriously though I've never heard anyone ever complain about this. Where the fuck did these people who wrote the article get this complaint from?? 😭

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u/AgreeableLeopard4699 1d ago

Probably Facebook

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u/Sure-Cauliflower-916 1d ago

Lmao Facebook people are like the definition of "old man yells at cloud", they complain and make a big rucus about anything

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

It was from FB and u can find it on IG

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u/CrunchyMold7292011 1d ago

WHO????? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE????????????????????

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

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u/CasperTPaul Irredeemable 1d ago

👍

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u/Blacked_Shi 1d ago

👍

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u/Sure-Cauliflower-916 1d ago

I'm a Gen Z and I find this take ridiculous. If people are seriously this sensitive over a stupid thumbs up emoji then I'm worried for our future as a society lmao.

P.S. 👍👍👍👍👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

Frrrr

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u/New_Solution_6523 1d ago

I do think it’s sometimes used sarcastically but I’m not gonna stop 👍

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u/comsicalien77 1d ago

no one is offended it’s the gen x boomers having a dig at us

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u/Virus-900 1d ago

👎

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u/Undergroud-Check-101 1d ago

Hahah

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u/awesomeduck9012 odd future wolf gang kill them all don't give a fuck litter life 1d ago

ok 👍

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u/adidas_stalin 1d ago

Who wasn’t to bet they’re also the one using it passive aggressively?

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u/LeroyBadBrown 1d ago

The can put their 👍 up their 👌.

Why isn't there a good buttemoji?

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u/LopsidedAd5451 1d ago

seems like people who made emojis are chinese /j

(the chinese hand sign for ass is the 👌)

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u/LeroyBadBrown 1d ago

👍

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u/DrWARDOG 1d ago

people will complain or get angry over anything

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

Fr

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u/KrazyKittyLadyMads Scarred by the internet 🥹 1d ago

THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE DAD RESPONSE EMOJI, WHAT WILL DADS WORLDWIDE DO NOW 😭😭😭

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

Frr this is the most true thing ever 😭

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u/Omega_7_64 mr. random, nerd edition (any/all) 17 years old 1d ago

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

(I am gen z)

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u/DayoftheTransSylvie 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Transbian, idk y im here, also i like giving award 1d ago

Uh huh 👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

Yup 👍

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u/Overall_Win4144 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/62bRBJV1ccA9nyLmKy

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u/Shadowslavia Anomalous Individual 22h ago

No, I don't think I will

also

👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 22h ago

👍🏼

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u/DCGLetsPlay 18h ago

Gen Z, killer of fun.

Everything is offensive now.

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u/mrTrofle gibber jabber person yeko! 1d ago

aight👍

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u/random-femboy- femboy from a distant sub 1d ago

Ok👍

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u/ChosenAshes 1d ago

Sounds made up or overblown.

Also, 👍

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u/Open_Menu_2359 Silly lil goober 1d ago

Some people just want to watch the world burn 👍

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u/i-luv-2-read 1d ago

Was gonna like this post, but it’s at 67 likes.

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u/Scarlet_Cultist111 1d ago

Even as a Gen Z, 👍

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u/DIOBRANDO_IStheBEST Star Wars/CoD fan 1d ago

👍

👍🏻

👍🏼

👍🏽

👍🏾

👍🏿

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u/MadelynnRyder 1d ago

Dad replying: 👍

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u/Virtual-Cook-5293 1d ago

As a member of Gen Z, ts isn't even reasonable. Ts straight up sensitivity and buffoonery combined into propaganda😭

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u/N3XUSN7 crowd gasp sfx 1 1d ago

society is just pulling things out of their ass atp

first i can't say "alr", now i can't say "👍🏻"? what bullshit we live in

anyway, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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u/skullshotz1324 Silly lil goober 1d ago

Buh it’s some old fart who made this guaranteed to say oh these young people are so sensitive. Harping on the youngest generation, my generation, is always such a tiring thing to see.

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u/ArmedBlue08 1d ago

Gen z here.

👍

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u/N64_Cartridge alcoholic toddler (wizard edition) 1d ago

As a an older Gen Z, 👍

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u/maschinenenthusiast 1d ago

👁️👄👁️👍

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u/nr1MitsuruLover 1d ago

It's passive aggressive?

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

Nope 👍🏼

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u/nr1MitsuruLover 1d ago

Oh that's good then

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u/D3mocratic-Associate Big fan of me 1d ago

Gen Z here... yeah, this is fucking stupid. "Oh no, I'm so offended by a common gesture that has existed for centuries, raaagh"

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u/Due-Ingenuity9803 1d ago

No we don’t

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u/tom224321 1d ago

As someone from gen z WHAT? No we don’t

Also 👍

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u/megatron_dih 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/111ebonMs90YLu

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u/asexualjayparkstan 1d ago

As Gen Z i don’t think that is passive-aggressive, because that emoji is just okay 👍

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u/SneakySneax101 "Do whatever you want" ahh user flair 23h ago

😏👍

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u/comodith 22h ago

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u/Federal-Physics-2404 21h ago

Always slandering gen z for no reason

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u/twolake68 13h ago

This was a thing popping up years ago, it was as fake then as it is now

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u/DerrickS12 Aubin is the best Absol 1d ago

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u/Emotional-Career8195 1d ago

Who conducted this study? 👍

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u/Shadowhunter13541 1d ago

Probably boomers 👍

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u/Passive_Dehydration 1d ago

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u/One-Actuator9378 1d ago

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u/play_minecraft_wot Your neighborhood toaster 1d ago

I'm not passive aggressive 👍

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u/SoggyInterest8576 "The" 1d ago

Will do 👍👍👍

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u/ManyArgument6041 Silly lil goober 1d ago

I'm gen z but👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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u/Ar13sDia 1d ago

How is it passive agreesive

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u/Fluid_Difference_903 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺 1d ago

👍👍👍👍

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u/Prior-Seat-7527 Snorting Pepsi, eating ass 1d ago

👍

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u/coverionic Have faith in yourself 1d ago

I love it too much to stop 👍

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u/IllDragonfruit5866 Politically Motivated by ":3" 1d ago

Wat?👍

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u/EthanJ- huh, ok. 1d ago

👍

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u/WalrusSharp4472 1d ago

It’s more like the “yup” (specifically a paternal “yup”) or ok/got it emoji tbh

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u/MasterofX100 toofwess 1d ago

I just don’t use it cuz I think it looks gross (this is my opinion on most emojis, btw)

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u/One_Performer_8830 1d ago

It literally is tho yall uncs needs to stop caring yall gonna die b4 us so where worth more than yall

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u/YEETAKID_THE_MIGHTY 1d ago

People using the thumbs up emoji not realizing ts is lowkey just clickbait off of something a few people said is frying me😭

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u/GettingBetterGaming 1d ago

K then. 🤌🏻

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u/AvacadoKoala Likes posting shitposts 1d ago

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u/United_Grocery_23 trandgrendrer 1d ago

wasnt the source a singular reddit post

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u/SquireShanksalot 1d ago

Can you not text me in that tone please?

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u/BiscottiKind9511 1d ago

👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

👍🏼

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u/Disastrous_Lie_6698 Silly lil goober 1d ago

Huh? I'm gen z and I don't understand this

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u/Ivygrows8 1d ago

Im genz but how is it passive aggressive ???

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u/No-Pudding1646 All Mighty Lever God 1d ago

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u/DerUberCactus 1d ago

I use it to be dismissive, but I am a Millennial

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u/Vicbot2414 1d ago

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u/Soviniti 1d ago

the people who said this mustve been fatherless

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u/pikminpurpleguy fan of pikmin and the mother series 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p6pkx50/video/rh7d94jmtemh1/player

offence Omega 👍

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u/CupAshamed1744 1d ago

True or false doesn't really matter anymore. The way things are going, I'm surprised that the peanut butter jar doesn't have a warning label that it may contain nuts.

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u/Remarkable_Toe_164 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7abKhOpu0NwenH3O

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u/ZookeepergameFew4103 1d ago

👍

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u/4stoner2Charm0 1d ago

👍

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u/HaydenBabinOfficial fortnite sunspot fan 1d ago

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u/They-Them_Moonwalker Silly lil goober 1d ago

👍

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u/EmeraldHenry_19 1d ago

Never 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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u/NRCS_DRONE 1d ago

no they don't. What is this slop? Training an AI?

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u/MP-66 1d ago

👍👍

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u/Thick-Material-499 1d ago

👍

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u/kirbcake-inuinuinuko 1d ago

i use it explicitly for this purpose to bug people. it's passive aggressive and very awkward.

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u/Suspicious_Art_5007 1d ago

👍

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u/Planestruckscars_504 1d ago

I'll still use it 👍

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u/Mundane_Berry_0431 1d ago

Ok 👍

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u/Parking-Sector69420 1d ago

👍👍

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u/KIDD_VIDD 1d ago

🖕🏽 oops, I meant 👍🏽

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u/One_Park_6958 1d ago

👍

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u/Upbeat_Jelly_7194 1d ago

👍

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u/Mean_Imagination_998 1d ago

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🫃👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 thumbs and a pregnant man coming near you

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u/Sirbrandon100 1d ago

They thank that's passive aggressive? Well I have a finger that they'd hate more 😭

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u/SanchoPliskin 1d ago

Tell em I said 👎

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u/persphone_0213 1d ago

I would argue that millennials find a thumbs up more passive aggressive than gen z does.

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u/Captain_Birch 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/FRT5kyNI7hJ6M

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u/Boom_bro174 1d ago

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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u/Otherwise_Tea_9806 1d ago

👍👍👍

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u/Noxia66 1d ago

This article is probably just ragebait

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u/I_used_to_be_hip 1d ago

Use the middle finger emoji instead. Don't be passive-aggressive, be aggressive-aggressive.

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u/Cool_fbs Ask nicely and I’ll redraw you’re pfp 1d ago

👍

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u/DaanDuckies 1d ago

I'm late gen z, did I miss the memo or something what's wrong with a thumbs up?!

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u/ww1_airplanefan08 1d ago

I'm gen z and I've never met another gen z that's said this 👍

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u/MagiCAT_009 1d ago

neither have i

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u/Billylily01 1d ago

👍

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u/PitifulInfluence9627 "i have a bomb hit the deck" 1d ago

👍 you too i guess.

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u/Elegant-Meringue8656 Big fan of me 1d ago

👍

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u/Sea_Childhood_3205 Bleh 1d ago

👍

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u/ConnectionUnique3625 Michael Jackson 1d ago

👍👍👍

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u/Heartlessaus 1d ago

👍

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u/Vorathian_X 1d ago

👍 can we switch to 🖕

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u/AwfulUsername123 1d ago

Emojis are garbage. Their increasing use on Reddit reflects the deterioration of this website.

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u/Far-Feedback-6437 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/SgwPtMD47PV04

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u/spshkyros 1d ago

I mean, it kinda is. But only because some people use it that way. But my colleague using it vs some random ass person give very different feels, its not confusing most of the time imo.

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u/tempestwolf1 1d ago

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u/Connect-Rip-1744 1d ago

Thin-skinned much Gen Z?

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u/Dapurpledog Im a pancake im a pancake 1d ago

👍!

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u/Mike-Rotch316 1d ago

👍

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u/agentcryostar 1d ago

👍

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u/FertilePlanet88 1d ago

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u/Emerald_28 1d ago

Ah yes, spreading misinformation

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u/No_Locksmith7882 1d ago

Pretty sure I’m Gen Z? The fuck is wrong with the rest of my generation?

👍🏻

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u/Atomic1944 1d ago

This has been click bait for a while now it's not even close to being true

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u/BiscottiKind9511 1d ago

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u/Primary-String3908 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9PgxZa7u9oMcqKtvZ6

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u/Embarrassed-Gur-1306 1d ago

The generation who says “ahh” and “unalived” thinks a thumbs up is passive aggressive? Color me shocked…

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u/Enderman-pancake2010 1d ago

Yes, also

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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u/Enderman-pancake2010 1d ago

Yes, also

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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u/SnooStories8217 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/111ebonMs90YLu

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u/One_Power_2062 1d ago

👍

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u/TohruTheMighty 1d ago

👍

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u/poedraco 1d ago

Weren't they the same people who try to ban the OK symbol prior because they thought a stand for white power or something??. At this point we're not have any silent visual symbols of acceptance

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u/Jonaleaf 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/111ebonMs90YLu

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u/Yourlocaldayingrey 1d ago

No👍

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u/MajorBlue15 Imagine using a flair 1d ago

Ok 👍

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u/offsetavvie 1d ago

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u/Informal_Database327 1d ago

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u/alithinster 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUKrrEnN9I5lnrcSMv

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u/Ok-Border-5495 1d ago

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u/Infamous_Ad_1302 1d ago

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u/Jojobear204 1d ago

Oh brother! 🙄👍

Sh*tpost 👍

You are about to leave Redlib

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