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I worked with someone who used them as "thank you".
it was....a challenge.
What's wrong with that? It's a common gesture for thanks in many places irl... that's the first thing i think when I see that emoji, and I'm from a western culture...
In my culture it means go fuck yourself.
... what culture is that?
I think pray, because that's what you have to type to use it.
You can also type "thanks" or "please". Both of those show the hands together emoji.
they do now because people are using it incorrectly.
not once in my life have I groveled a "thank you" and I don't intend to start via text.
Emoji aren't strictly prescriptive with their meaning. They are generic symbols that can have many meanings in different contexts and cultures.
The name of an emoji is more a suggestion than anything else.
I shall inform south asian people that they are using their hands wrong.
considering I'm not in south asia, and don't interact with anyone from south asia it's not something that I have come across, like ever.
use it all you want though, I'll just always remember the douche bag that used it 500 times a day and associate anyone that uses it like them to the douche bag.
thanks 🤲
It's the first emoji that comes to if I type tha...
So I use it like that