Emojis

We are the generation of emojis. We prefer chatting instead of calling. In fact, there are hardly any people in our lives whom we wish a "Happy Birthday!" on a call. And in a chat, emojis are inevitable. There are mainly three kinds of emoji lovers. Let's check these out.

The first category uses too many emojis. They live with the concept that sending emojis is free of cost, so why not make the most of it and believe it or not, they feel complete at heart after this. The most common emoji that is used by them is the "HAHA" emoji which expresses that you are laughing so hard that tears of laughter are bursting out of your eyes. You crack an impractical joke in front of them and they'll laugh their asses off or at least that's what their emoji would make you feel like, even if it didn't even bring a slight smile to their faces. But the worst of it happens when you message them to tell something serious like you got caught in a fight with someone and got beaten up pretty bad and they'll be like that "HAHA ! It's so funny that you lying there half dead". I mean like what the hell? But I don't mind because everyone has different kinds of addictions and maybe this is theirs. Yet, it feels as if they are controlled by their emojis rather than their emotions. For instance, this one day my friend sent me a picture of the Marble cake that she had baked at home and I sent her that loudly crying emoji which is wails with an open mouth, just because I was missing eating a cake in this lockdown. Well, yeah you guessed it right! I am one of these people who use more emojis than words in their chats.

Then, there are these second-category people who are so serious all the time that they would never send any emojis, no matter what. These people are all words. One of the reasons for this might be that they don't really understand what these emojis signify and this is a common problem encountered by our parents. For example, yesterday my father was chatting with one of his college friends and they started reminiscing about how they would ride their motorcycles to Shimla almost every weekend but would still forget to bring enough warm clothes with them every time. And suddenly his expressions changed from excited to upset. I asked him what happened and he said, "I don't know what happened but he has started crying. I thought it was a funny and stupid thing." And there was that "HAHA" emoji that his friend had sent. So I explained to him what it meant and he let out a long sigh of relief. So being in this category is acceptable for them but what about the ones of our generation? They tend to use really weird expressions like "BWAHAHA" or "HEHEHEHE" or sometimes they will simply right words like LOL and ROFL for expressing laughter. They can make an effort to type so many letters but they can't click an emoji on their screens. Now that I'm considering this myself, I could call myself the "LOL Queen" because I use it after almost every three texts, on average. 

Umm okay, that was embarrassing but let's not pay attention to that. Moving forward, here comes the third category of people who live a balanced life in this texting world. They'll send those not-so-overzealous emojis only when required. They'll become the first category texters when they are excited and transform to the second category texters when someone is in a grave mood. They happen to keep everything under control and know how not to be overpowered by these emojis. They are basically called the grannies of our generation.

Now that you know about these categories, which one do you belong in? Don't worry! You can belong to more than one category like me. Happy texting!