Woke Language

I asked my daughter ( gen Z) and she said it sounds like a daily mail article.

I am always sticking my digits in the air; is this also a crime?

Wyllow3

Would someone calling "woke!!!"

like to explain how on earth this particular debate on 👍 has anything whatsoever to do with "woke?"

"Wokeness" is not about "being nice" even though this is most people's understanding of it. It is about language control* and emotional control. Hope that helps.

*You can't say that!

Bother I've only just worked out how to add one

Would someone calling "woke!!!"

like to explain how on earth this particular debate on 👍 has anything whatsoever to do with "woke?"

It's only aggressive if someone takes offence. Offence cannot be given, only taken and therefore if 👍 offends anyone it's their problem not mine. So I'll carry on giving the thumbs up. We do appear to be breeding rather a lot of snowflakes these days!

I use it regularly and ti my DGDs and will carry on doing so. Woke can do what it wants, but I for one will not succumb.

NanKate

LauraNorderr do you remember Roger the Cabin Boy in Captain Pugwash? -I was so innocent at the time it washed over me liked the waves 😀

Yes I do remember NanKate. It washed over me too.
I compare my 18 year old self with my granddaughters of that age. I do think we were more innocent, far less worldly. Gentler times.

I refuse to participate in this "woke" nonsense. I will continue to use the thumbs up as an affermative response and if someone does not like it, tough, they are not worth my time

maddyone

I often use it to acknowledge a message that doesn’t require a reply.
Why is it aggressive? What’s aggressive about it?

Perhaps the short-sighted have difficulty distinguishing between a thumb and a middle finger?

Or has the sign been used sarcastically, so it is now understood as an ironic HA-HA-HA?

NanKate

LauraNorderr do you remember Roger the Cabin Boy in Captain Pugwash? -I was so innocent at the time it washed over me liked the waves 😀

This is one on those “urban myths” so it didn't wash over you…..the cabin boy was called Tom. There was also never a character called Seaman Stains 👍🏻

I use it as an abbreviated 'ok'. I've never used it at the end of a text message

When you use this emoji at the end of a message, it seems somewhat blunt, because it indicates that the conversation is over. That is why some people think that its use is passive aggressive.

😱

I can see that!
I do use it in the sense of "yes, I get that" or "you don't need to keep explaining... " when my adult children text me long messages that go on and on. I want to show them that I "get" what they are saying. I think I use it when I'm in a hurry.

Of course what I really want to say sometimes is 🙄.... and quite often I do!

I will have to speak to them about it. I think they would have told me if they were upset with me about it - (even though I am trying to shut them up). 😂

I use ‘thumbs up’ to denote ‘received and understood’. Ok, there’s a connotation of ‘no further discussion required’. But that’s just from my end.

Of course, if they’d get over their phobia of actually SPEAKING on the phone…

When we can't say ''man hole'', ''Manchester'' etc. because it offends women, ''blackboard, black bird'' because it offends blacks, can't say ''football'' because it offends those who don't like footie.... the list is endless, now we can't use the OK emoji!

I'll continue to use all of the above with merriment!

My niece, who is about as woke as you can get, uses it.

👍

Young people are changing the meanings of words all the time as slang evolves so rapidly with texting and social media.

No plot: no conspiracy on this one, (unlike some political ones)

simply a shade of meaning (that most of us disagree with anyway)

I go to a "drop in" craft class on a Tuesday. The teacher whatsapps us on Mondays to see who is coming, so she can set out tables and chairs. Nearly everyone replies with a thumbs-up or down!

That's meant to be a DGC, by the way...

Honestly, what can they find to be offended about next?

I'd like to know just who the 'they' are who are being offended.

I very much doubt that it is more than .0000001% of the population, if even that many.

If it had been my GGC who had told me that I'd have told him not to be sucked in by stupid ideas.

People finding things to be offended about is exactly it, homestead. That's why this kind of nonsense should be ignored.

I'd want to know from the person who claimed that a thumbs up is aggressive exactly what they mean and why they think it. Someone telling them so, especially a child, is not an explanation. It's just thoughtless parroting.

That child has been mis-taught/misinformed.

I agree with Babs03 as I worked with deaf colleagues and we used this 'thumbs up' as a method of communication constantly, as an indicator a job was done correctly, or, that all was well. Honestly, what can they find to be offended about next? I'm getting wary of speaking to anyone now incase I unwittingly offend someone.

It's no wonder young people have anxiety problems now..

Cat next door is called Tofu.