Emojional intelligence
A couple of social commentators have recently cast mild aspersions in passing on the use of emojis, dismissing them as the proclivity of old fart boomers. Perhaps not using emojis is a flex of sorts, dunno. I think I use them sparingly enough on this blog, and in text messages; usually for emphasis, or for what passes in my mind as humour.
But, while I'm probably Gen X adjacent
, my comfortably Gen X wife and Gen Z daughters use far more emojis than I in their TXT MSG. As do my Gen X sister and older-than-boomer mother. My Gen X brother, on the other hand, shows similar restraint to me.
I'm beginning to think that this might be more related to gender than generation. With emojis being general chatter, the visual equivalent of clichés, adding noise but little meaning.
And I'm quite sure Elmore Leonard would have had something to say on the subject! (exclamation)