• merc@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      You can also type “thanks” or “please”. Both of those show the hands together emoji.

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        17 hours ago

        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.

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          7 hours ago

          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.

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            10 hours ago

            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 🤲

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              3 hours ago

              Or you know… they practice yoga…

              Also when i think “prayer hands”. I think of this one 🙏 not this 🤲. That one doesnt appear when you search “thanks”. And i think it would be a little strange to use. Perhaps if the tone is showing ‘humility’?