If you’re someone who uses the eggplant emoji as shorthand for “would you like to come over so we can pretend that we’re hanging out when really we’re just waiting for the other person to make a move, which finally happens while we’re watching our fourth episode of 30 Rock in a row,” then you might be interested in this study from Match. The dating website polled 5,000 users and discovered “36 to 40% of people who think about sex several times a day use more than one emoji in every text,” according to Medical Daily.
That’s a lot of peaches.
People who never think about sex said they used them less frequently. Most people who reported thinking about sex once a day said they use emojis, but not in every text. The group that used emojis the least was those who said they think about sex just once a month. (Via)
And when they do use emojis, it’s probably the check mark, or ATM, or recycle sign, or one of the stupid ones that shouldn’t exist. Another Match study from last year found that “more than half of the men and women surveyed used the wink emoji to flirt with a date,” followed by the smiley. The turnoff emojis when trying to woo a potential bedmate: sassy girl, lips, and monkey.
The crawling baby paired with the fart/dash works every time.
(Via Medical Daily)
