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.
The Laughing Emoji (Popular Consensus) has changed many times over the years.
a fake pill that makes you laugh alot kind of like a anti depressant x10
( this is fake btw )
It’s being so sensitive that things that aren’t funny still make you laugh until you cry. Like the kind of laugh when you can’t breathe, and you start to pee yourself because of something stupid Chandler said.
I’m sorry 😅 I know that kid face planting isn’t funny *cough* 🤣 but I’m just so fucking laugh horny right now - 😂 *cough*
Super loud laughter, usually produced by a person working in sales.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA" -Power Laugh
When your friend has a weird laugh that sounds like a snake
Triston: "Bro, here comes Bryson. He has a weird snake laugh."
Drew: "Hey Bryson, you lookin hella cute today."
Bryson: "Tss tss tss tss"
a person whose laugh is so funny it triggers you to laugh every time year hear it.
Guy 1: His laugh sounded like a cross between Chewbacca and Hodor
Guy 2: Trigger laugh, eh?
a word used to describe the manner of ones laughter, typically like a middle aged woman.
a donna laugh is a hawky, cackly, often loud laugh that reverberates across the entire room. if you hear one laugh stand out above the rest, you have a donna laugh.
"hey you hear that milf over there?"
"yeah I do, shes got a donna laugh."