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It's My Nature (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

What is o7? You've said it twice.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"o7" is a saluting text emoji. The 'o' represents a head, and the '7' is a raised arm. It's usually used in internet culture when a fictional character dies, or when one dies in a video game.

Similarly, there's the "Press F to pay respects" meme, which appeared as a quick time event in a video game cut scene (Call of Duty, I think?), and was adopted into sarcastic use by the internet, so "F" and "o7" are kinda used interchangeably.

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, I don't think those are interchangeable. o7 is used like "I salute you" or like "roger that", while "F" to pay respects is more like "my condolences".

And to be a tad pedantic, it's an "emoticon" or "emote", not an "emoji".

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, that's pretty pedantic. xD

Text emoji is kaomoji, which is the Eastern branch of emoticons, so you're right, technically it wouldn't generally include o7, but that's kinda splitting hairs.

You're also right, o7 has more broad uses than F, but they do both get used in a usually tongue-in-cheek "condolences" manner. So you can almost always use o7 in the place of F, but not necessarily the other way around.