Gen Z recently dubbed the thumbs-up emoji as “rude” and “hostile.” Getty Images/iStockphoto “For younger people, the thumbs-up emoji is used to be really passive-aggressive,” a 24-year ...

On Oct. 12, the Daily Mail tweeted "Why NOBODY should be using the 'thumbs up' emoji in 2022" with a link to their story on the matter, and similar strong opinions to the Reddit thread were released.

Reports of the death of the thumbs-up emoji have been greatly exaggerated. Or maybe not. In any case, let's consider how emojis, like words, can be interpreted in many different ways.