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Episode 197: SECOND TASTE OF EPISODE #197: “Amateur Nation: ‘OW! My Everything!’”

S4 E197 · AMATEUR NATION with Lou Santini
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Transcript

The Emoji Controversy

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Speaker
This from the New York Post.
00:00:01
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Gen Z canceled the hostile thumbs up emoji and wants to ban these nine others.

Adjusting Emoji Use at Work

00:00:08
Speaker
It's super rude.
00:00:09
Speaker
If someone just sends you a thumbs up, I also had a weird time adjusting because my workplace is the same.
00:00:15
Speaker
I need to know the name of your business so I can immediately stop doing business with them.
00:00:19
Speaker
And B, come to your workplace to take it over with zero force.

Replacing Emojis with Sound Effects

00:00:23
Speaker
Why not communicate solely with sound effects and TV and movie drops just like I use on this

Alternatives to Emojis

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Speaker
show?
00:00:30
Speaker
Someone sends you an email with information you like rather than a thumbs up emoji?
00:00:37
Speaker
Huh?
00:00:37
Speaker
Disagree with someone's email or text?
00:00:40
Speaker
Shh!

Humor in Workplace Communication

00:00:41
Speaker
Someone sends you an eggplant emoji?
00:00:43
Speaker
I guess you could call that a dick.
00:00:45
Speaker
In a bad mood and just want to be left alone at the office?
00:00:48
Speaker
No.
00:00:49
Speaker
Want to go out with a bang at your next company's Zoom meeting?
00:00:52
Speaker
How about this closer?
00:00:53
Speaker
Oh, dude, meeting's over.