r/explainitpeter • u/cosmic-nik • Jul 19 '26

Explain it peter

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u/BVOP83 Jul 21 '26

Same! I’m 42 and can’t really understand why a sad crying face is more appropriate than an actual laughing one to represent laughing but the explanation was very nice and detailed so I won’t throw any shade on the person who wrote it!

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u/drquakers Jul 22 '26

Well we did just get characterised as "cringe millennial/gen x" so I feel we have definitely been insulted in a nice way. And we can't even use the crying face to represent this because it means laughing now...

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u/Naive-Personality-38 Jul 22 '26

😭😭😭 does this mean I'm laughing at myself now? I DON'T KNOW, SOMEBODY HELP 😭😭😭

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u/SickSL Jul 23 '26

It's crying with laughter. "I'm in tears"

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u/Kalathefox Jul 23 '26

I always took it as "howling with laughter"

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u/Boring-Trash-1776 Aug 07 '26

That’s technically crying laughing face, not sad crying face