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It's so strange that this is even a thing (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I suspect it may be a geniuine thing amongst teens, though... mocking and bullying people with green chat bubbles in the group text is apparently a Real Thing amongst middle- and high-school kids right now, so I could 100% see a teen girl blowing off a date over having the wrong sorts of status symbol devices.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Kids mock and bully each other because they’re kids and green bubbles actually mean something - the messaging experience (images, links, tapbacks) is degraded in group texts.

No one who is of dating age cares about that stuff if they’re interested in the person.