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to not like that emoji where the woman is shrugging her shoulders

107 replies

dawnacorns · 14/11/2018 13:26

You know the one I mean? with hands up. I really can't stand it. Not sure why really. AIBU?

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MissWilmottsGhost · 14/11/2018 16:48

I like this one Hmm and this one Confused and I'm really disappointed they don't exist outside of MN.

I use to use a forum that had a fabulous eye popping shock one that I still miss. Shock and 😲 are crap in comparison.

FekkoThePenguin · 14/11/2018 16:48

I use this one a lot. 🙄

naicepineapple · 14/11/2018 16:51

Hmm🙄🤷🏼‍

chocolatecoveredraisons · 14/11/2018 16:52

YANBU!!!!!
It's the most passive aggressive emoji on the planet and enraged me every time I see it

FekkoThePenguin · 14/11/2018 16:53

I fi d it a bit cheesy. As if she saying 'oh well, I'm just a girl!!!' in an ikky a Barbie voice.

tobee · 14/11/2018 16:53

Confused is the best and wish it was available everywhere.

PuppyMonkey · 14/11/2018 16:57

I also love Hmm. There’s just no decent equivalent in RL.

I do quite like 🤪 though.

Hidillyho · 14/11/2018 16:57

My current dislike is crying with laughter tilted head emoji 🤣

Me too, sends me into a rage.

I use 🤷‍♀️ All the time. Usually by itself when someone has asked me a question I don’t know the answer to (one of my most common. It’s 4th on the list)

naicepineapple · 14/11/2018 17:03

Do people really get enraged about emojis ?

Hidillyho · 14/11/2018 17:06

Do people really get enraged about emojis?

I do 🤦‍♀️

sparklewater · 14/11/2018 17:14

Isn't 🙈 the emoji for mild embarrassment/ I'm such a fool, etc?

Ellisandra · 14/11/2018 17:27

To me 🙈 is “noooooooo, I can’t look, I can’t unsee that!” - example, when my friend sent me a photo of a man with a branch through his bollock and out of his stomach.
Photoshop I’m sure, but 🙈🙈🙈 all the same!

Ellisandra · 14/11/2018 17:29

Also can be used in context of See/Hear/Speak no evil.
If a friend told me she’d dropped her flatmate’s toast on the floor but grabbed it before she noticed, then I’d deploy 🙈 to mean “that is terrible! But your secret is safe with me”.

sparklewater · 14/11/2018 17:29

But also "I can't believe I forgot to pack his swimming costume 🙈"

Grin
Ellisandra · 14/11/2018 17:31

In thar context, 🙈 would work very well if it meant he was now swimming naked 😳🤣

With apologies to the slanted emoji hater 😉

Cranky17 · 14/11/2018 17:31

Op you are not wrong absolutemy hate it along with 🤦‍♀️

dawnacorns · 14/11/2018 17:39

Oh yes I don't like that one either cranky
I love the responses on here. Glad there are other dislikers of it.
I completely agree we need a Confused emoji.

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NinjaGoSaysNo · 14/11/2018 17:41

I like 🤷‍♀️. And Hmm or 🧐🤨 which are the closest to it on my phone I think. I'm not a fan of 💁‍♀️, there's something smug about it! Likewise 😊.

I agree we need a better embarrassed emoji on phones, Blush is great. I tend to use 🙈 on my phone for embarrassed but it's not great really.

ButchyRestingFace · 14/11/2018 17:43

Some of the ones I like, i.e., don't seem to work on here.

All the one's I don't like though, do. Sad

paintinmyhairAgain · 14/11/2018 18:09

i hate the crying with laughter emojis so much that even when i've been shopping and seen them on cushions i've had to stop myself from pulling the display apart and jumping up and down on the bloody things Angry my screen has nearly been put through several times as well when someone has posted one. i must have anger issues Grin.
it's not very often you see people actually crying with laughter irl so why is it used so often ?? ARRGGH !

FekkoThePenguin · 14/11/2018 18:11

I was crying with laughter today because I came across someone with a very rude name (they weren't there) on an invoice. Their parents either had a rude sense of humour or didn't consider the kids initials and surname). I got the proper snottery giggles.

Ohyesiam · 14/11/2018 18:13

Oh, she’s shrugging. It’s to small for me to see
#menopausaleyesight

NeurotrashWarrior · 14/11/2018 18:17

I wish this one Confused was on my phone.

Quite like the 

NeurotrashWarrior · 14/11/2018 18:18

Dammit geordiemoji doesn't work on mn.

NailsNeedDoing · 14/11/2018 18:19

I agree there is a need for both a MN confused face and and embarrassed face on iPhone.

The one I can't stand is 😜

But the first time I saw it used was by a bloke I was in the early stages of dating who seemed to think it was flirty or to be used when we were talking about our next get together. Just no.

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