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Can someone explain?
Your brain finishes developing around 25 years old. The older Gen Zs are turning 25 now. OP is joking about unironic emoji usage being an old person thing.
Gen X here. Almost never use emoji. When did emoji use become a “old(er) person” thing?
I’ve certainly noticed emoji spamming that couldn't even be called “ironic” among my kids and their friends, so I’m not sure they know what ironic even means.
Yeah I always thought that emojis were used most heavily by Gen Z. Millennials seem more likely to use abbreviations like "lol" and "lmao," and Gen X seems more likely to just type "haha." I don't know what boomers do, send audio clips of them laughing?
They start a Skype call so they can show you live how much it made them laugh