I’m not talking about #metoo stuff.
Assuming we’re using a sane IM app that lets us use standard emoji as a reaction to a comment.
I just mean when someone tells you that they did something and the only information that you want to convey back is that you followed them and did the same.
More concrete example that i encounter few times a week: my pal tells me he’s reserved the gym slot at 17:00, so I reserve that time too and i just want to reply “me too” to let him know it worked for me. (The way it works between us is that we want to go together but since he’s got family etc. i always let him pick the time first and just announce his slot reservation, and i just want to confirm it.)
Another example is if someone says “i signed this petition to support our Czech president who is protecting our democracy” then I want to say “yes I did it too”. Just a nod that we’re standing on the same side.
(Come to think about it, it could technically be used in a #metoo adjacent context, like, if a friend told me “i was abused by my boss” and i could just use the emoji but that would be sooooo wrong on so many levels… You get the point.)
While contextually it’s not specifically this, I have a selection I use at work thatmay get the point across.
👌when I really only need to ok or confirm my reading of the thing
🤌well said, great post, stuff like that. Occasionally I get to use it sarcastically when someone bungles up and hits send instead of Backspace.
🎉yay, awesome, any sort of celebratory language, like the ok but with enthusiasm
🧡everyone knows what heart means
🦀this is my little secret. I use it randomly on meaningless posts to sow confusion among my workplace. No one knows what it means, no one understands why I use it, but at the same time no one has been willing to ask me. Sometimes I drop it on a message in a particularly dull part of a teams chat and watch people absent mindedly add crabs to a post because they instinctively click it to show engagement. It’s honestly the little rebellions that make the day move along.
I love the crab story.
I would totally click the crab because if i’m in a good mood all it can mean is just someone being playful so it feels like a tiny adventure.
On the other hand, If you ever win huge amounts of money and decide to leave your job flipping everyone off you could also say “and those 🦀 's were a test and you FAILED! sheeple!”?
is that what the stereotypical Italian hand thing means? i thought it was something rather negative or neutral but never asked…
I can’t speak for the modern thing. I understand the gesture as either the beginning of a chef’s kiss or a gesture to hold the attention on what you ar saying.
I think it only means that to Italians. For everyone else it’s a stereotype 😂