Thumbs up is such a common emoji but almost nobody gives IRL thumbs up anymore.

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Double action revolvers are semi auto.

Some mag fed pistols have external hammers.

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Honestly, I know fuck-all about guns. I just thought I'd make a funny

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Good effort.

JackGreenEarth

That's very anecdotal, do you know any studies that investigate thumbs up prevalence IRL and online?

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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.

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Western Canada. I was thinking maybe it’s like a soda vs pop thing. Or just wildly isolated to my own experience. Just showerthinking.

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Unpopular opinions are one of my specialties.

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I give a thumbs up to tell my scuba buddy that its time to ascend

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I use it on Teams

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What about fighting Sith lords?

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(sorry, not the first)

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It’s definitely the way my ex wife uses it. So it just has a negative connotation to it for me.

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I love using thumbs up ironically. Like is someone trying to ask for an explanation to why i don't sit down to shit?

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I use it on Skype. Not just video, but in chat as well

ekZepp

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 working.

Corroded

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.

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That's not an example of irony though?

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WOAH why are you pointing cocked finger guns at people? That's dangerous.

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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!

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*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.