Woke Language

Of course first used by Roman Emperors at the end of the gladiators contest. Down meant : put him to death. Up : grant him life he is good.

How people love to dictate and feel important! Why do others feed their egos?
Just carry on as usual and ignore all the supposed new interpretations.

Goldieoldie15

Of course first used by Roman Emperors at the end of the gladiators contest. Down meant : put him to death. Up : grant him life he is good.

And here was me thinking it was Norman Vaughan, hosting Sunday Night At The London Palladium, who invented the thumbs-up (Swinging) and thumbs-down (Dodgy).

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I agree valdali 👍🏻😃

mum2three

How people love to dictate and feel important! Why do others feed their egos?
Just carry on as usual and ignore all the supposed new interpretations.

This

I am glad to learn this as I do sometimes use this emoji. It seemed less rude to me than not replying at all. But I will try to remember to do the latter now.
I suppose it is a bit like younger people not sending thank you letters which grans often complain about here. Customs and language do change.
It is endless and hard to keep up when you are older. I remember being impatient of older people who struggled with decimal coinage. Now I understand their confusion. You live and learn in some ways through ageing, even when struggling to learn new things in other ways

Mollygo

Indigo8

Surprisingly, it is also considered rude in Australia.

That came as a big surprise to my Australian family and friends (Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide) Perhaps it the same as with the UK. Some find it rude in OZ and others don’t.

Me too Mollygo,
Our Australian family use it a lot on our WhatsApp group. No one ever thought we were rude to each other.

Well, I’m sticking two fingers up at that idea. So there.

It’s not rude here. The word ‘woke’ is though.

Raised eyebrows will be deemed aggressive any day now!