![]() Stacy Thiru, 21, prefers the real crying emoji because it shows a more extreme emotion and feels more dramatic. Seventeen-year-old Xavier Martin called the □ emoji “bland” and said “not too many people” his age use it. Other acceptable alternatives: the □ emoji (officially called “Loudly Crying Face”), or just writing “lol” (laughing out loud) or “lmao” (laughing my, well, you probably know the rest). It’s the visual version of the slang phrase “I’m dead” or “I’m dying,” which signifies something is very funny. Related article Instagram is realizing it's not so easy to knock off TikTokįor many Gen Z-ers, the □ emoji has become a popular replacement for conveying laughter. “I stopped using it a while back because I saw older people using it, like my mom, my older siblings and just older people in general.” “I use everything but the laughing emoji,” 21-year-old Walid Mohammed told CNN Business. Another responded: “it’s so off.” On a different video of a woman saying she’s cut back on using it after learning kids don’t, one teen commented: “As a 15 year old I say you should use that emoji bc we sure aren’t going to.” “What’s wrong with the laughing emoji,” one user asked in a TikTok comment. ![]() The list includes skinny jeans (Gen Z verdict: set them on fire), side parts (Gen Z verdict: middle part or bust) and perhaps most painful of all, the popular laughing crying emoji that some millennials, myself included, use hundreds of times a day, or more. ![]() In recent weeks, two internet-savvy generations have been clashing in videos and comments on TikTok over the hallmarks of millennial culture that are now deemed uncool by Gen Z. Bad news for people who frequently use the □ emoji: It is no longer cool. ![]()
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