Although the laughing emoji normality has changed through the years due to the constant use of TikTok and other platforms, we can look at some of the normal ones that have been used the most.
Some of those include the following:
2010-2020 Laughing Emoji 😂 (Also notably the word of the year in 2015 by Oxford)
2020-2021~2023 Skull Emoji 💀 (Still commonly used, but not as popular and seen as cringe by today's standards)
2021-2021 Chair Emoji 🪑 (Started as an inside joke but never caught on)
2023-2024 Sobbing Emoji (Loudly Crying Emoji) 😭 (Still used in tandem with today's laughing emojis)
2024-Present Wilting Flower Emoji + Empty Battery Emoji 🥀🪫 (Used to signify more depression than humor)
With this list, we can also observe the slight decline through the years that Gen Z has been putting in affect as the "new normal". Ever since the crying emoji in 2023, Gen Z had started basing more of their humor off of darker jokes. This can also be observed with the wilting flower and empty battery emojis as they signify weakness or sadness. One popular way it's used is as acceptance. Memes that include horrible scenarios with no way of the reader/speaker getting out is another popular scenario. Although I'm not trying to make my generation's dumb memes sound sophisticated in any way shape or form, it is interesting to see how the laughing emoji norm has changed over the years and the new humor that develops alongside it.
Some of those include the following:
2010-2020 Laughing Emoji 😂 (Also notably the word of the year in 2015 by Oxford)
2020-2021~2023 Skull Emoji 💀 (Still commonly used, but not as popular and seen as cringe by today's standards)
2021-2021 Chair Emoji 🪑 (Started as an inside joke but never caught on)
2023-2024 Sobbing Emoji (Loudly Crying Emoji) 😭 (Still used in tandem with today's laughing emojis)
2024-Present Wilting Flower Emoji + Empty Battery Emoji 🥀🪫 (Used to signify more depression than humor)
With this list, we can also observe the slight decline through the years that Gen Z has been putting in affect as the "new normal". Ever since the crying emoji in 2023, Gen Z had started basing more of their humor off of darker jokes. This can also be observed with the wilting flower and empty battery emojis as they signify weakness or sadness. One popular way it's used is as acceptance. Memes that include horrible scenarios with no way of the reader/speaker getting out is another popular scenario. Although I'm not trying to make my generation's dumb memes sound sophisticated in any way shape or form, it is interesting to see how the laughing emoji norm has changed over the years and the new humor that develops alongside it.
by mfomari March 27, 2025
Get the Laughing Emoji (Popular Consensus)mug. I'd rather be unpopular/hated by all for who I am (even if it meant they didn't respect me) than popular/well liked/loved by all for something I'm not (an image of a well liked/popular person) or something I think they would like/love rather than who I really am, because then I would be living my life like a poseur and a coward.
by The Original Agahnim November 17, 2021
Get the Popularmug. Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
Never gonna give you the most popular definitions.
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
Never gonna give you the most popular definitions.
by ΒITCHES May 4, 2022
Get the Popular Definitionsmug. Someone who often expresses narcissistic traits and wants to have many friends just for the sake of looking popular. These friends mean very little to this person and are only there to give some form of benefit creating a very one-sided relationship. They are very arrogant and must be the center of attention.
by EnbyEatsYou March 2, 2021
Get the Popularity Complexmug. No... He's popular because I deconstructed your fanbase and it makes your "Movement" SUPER easy to manipulate and I told him what to say YEARS before he started saying it... And then he sold access to the money generator I created (in abstraction).
Hym "And I'M popular because *burp* I'm a genius and am better than everyone at an existential level."
by Hym Iam July 27, 2023
Get the Popularmug. The popular couple is just the step down from power couple.The popular couple talks to almost everyone and is seen together almost everywhere. The popular couple is friends with everybody and they fit and are included in almost every friend group some how.The power couple usually has one main person who does all the talking around people when they usually are in big groups.One person in the power couple is usually popular first but then the other person becomes popular too. The power couple has may fights but settles it by confirming my rumors together or gossiping
Oh my gosh did you see Mandi and Jason aren't they the most popular couple?
Look they must be the power couple!
Look they must be the power couple!
by mess5273 November 8, 2017
Get the popular couplemug. 