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#tone tags
a-sip-of-milo · 6 months
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You're allowed to not like tone tags. You're allowed to feel as though they're infantilising to you. You're allowed to ask that people don't use them when talking to you directly. You're even allowed to say that you don't agree with the concept of them.
What you cannot do is claim that they're not helpful to anyone and talk on behalf of all of us when expressing your feelings on the matter.
Tone tags have saved me from countless arguments. They've provided me with the opportunity to make jokes and participate in banter that I otherwise wouldn't be able to be a part of because of my inability to recognise tone. It's allowed others to joke and banter with me because they know it's not going to cause me any distress.
They have been an absolute life changer. Don't try to make people feel guilty for needing them because you don't personally like them.
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incognitopolls · 3 months
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gay-otlc · 1 year
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When people say they struggle with keeping track of all the tone tags (the ones like /j or /gen), everyone who disregards that by responding "it's just memorizing some abbreviations/acronyms, it's not that hard, stop complaining" is ableist and a fucking hypocrite. If you're going to advocate for accessibility, advocate for accessibility for all of us.
You can't claim to be an ally to neurodivergent and disabled people and then shit on us for our symptoms. If you actually care about helping us, why aren't you listening when we say we struggle with something? It's never okay to tell disabled people they should be able to do something they can't, that it's not that hard, but it's especially not okay if you do so while pretending to support disabled people.
Also, in addition to the "it's not that hard" statement being ableist, it's utter bullshit. There are so many tone tags to keep track of and memorize. I did a quick google search and one of my top results had ninety one tone tags. That's a lot. That's probably a lot even for a neurotypical person, and I'm not a neurotypical person. I struggle to remember a lot of basic, necessary tasks, so I really can't memorize ninety one tone tags.
Especially when some of them are incredibly ambiguous- only one letter? Acronyms or abbreviations at least give you some clues, one letter tone tags are so incredibly confusing. Like, what does /t mean? There are a lot of words that start with T! (This is a rhetorical question. I know /t means "teasing," but I only know the answer because figuring that out was a memorably frustrating experience.)
And /t is just one example of a tone tag I learned because I kept seeing it in conversation and not understanding and being really confused and frustrated. I can't tell you the number of times I've been messaging someone on discord, and they say something with a tone tag I don't recognize, and I just open a new tab to google the meaning, which is where I find lists like the one above. I usually rely on google instead of asking the person what they meant, because I feel stupid and embarrassed for not knowing this code that everyone else seemingly gets.
Which is exactly how it feels when I don't understand someone's tone in real life! Confused and frustrated and ashamed. And tone tags were supposed to help neurodivergent and disabled people not feel that way, so I don't know how we reached a point where they cause those feelings in many of us.
I can't deny that tone tags are a useful accessibility tool for some. If you find them helpful, it's genuinely good that you have that resource. But they're not accessible for all of us. It's incorrect to act like tone tags are a perfect way to communicate, and it's ableist to disregard our struggles with them and tell us to just try harder.
Either listen to those of us who say they have trouble understanding tone tags, or stop pretending you actually give a shit about accessibility.
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agrebel18 · 6 months
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HERE'S A RANDOM GUIDE TO SOME (NOT ALL) TONE INDICATORS IF YOU'RE CONFUSED ABOUT THEM
/j is joking or joke
/hj is half joking or half joke
/srs is serious
/s and /sar is sarcasm
/gen is genuine
/lh is light-hearted
/nm is not mad
/nbh is nobody here
/pos is positive
/neg is negative
there's more but i don't remember them all lmao, feel free to add so we can help each other out!
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plural-autism · 1 year
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hi, am think should be more talk about how not every autistic (or neurodivergent) person benefit from tone tags. specificity autistic because see most in those spaces.
not every autistic person understand tone tags. whether it is not understand read them, not understand use them, not understand tone itself, not able remember them, any reason. no one should have use them if they can't.
am understand they help lots and that is great. but please not be upset if someone not able use them. thank you
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i would like other autistic people to weigh in on this if you have an opinion.
i find tone tags really inaccessible sometimes. they're hard for me to understand because i have a hard time with acronyms and with my memory.
i can remember a few like /j means joke and /s means sarcasm, and a couple others, but most of them just make the sentence even harder to understand. i would much rather see someone put the whole word in. like:
"im going to go to the zoo and steal a penguin! /joking"
or something. or put clarification in parenthesis if you think your sentence could be misunderstood.
on the other hand, the ones i do understand are definitely helpful. i just think having the full word written out as a tone indicator is more helpful. to me anyway.
let me know if y'all also have issues with this.
im mostly talking to other autistic people, but anyone else can feel free to share your experience as well!
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thateclecticbitch · 1 year
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I love how closed captions on movies now say stuff like (sarcastically) and (sighs sadly) and (whispering) and (chuckles) and (giggles) llike thank you so much for taking the time to clarify the emotion and way something was said so that Deaf and HOH and Autistic people have an easier time enjoying the movie :)
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meowtismz · 2 months
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Kiki need be one say it apparently.
TONE. TAGS. NOT. HELPFUL
Sorry be aggressive but see time and time again those NOT LISTEN!!! Vlaim be ND advocate activist.... but is NOT LISTEN. Tone tags be very VERY confusibg for so many of us MSN and HSN autistics. And to those have memory issues :[ is so hard memorizing all of tone tags. Not just hard but impossible so confusing and some imply literally NOTHING.
LIKE /HJ HOW USE THAT???? half joke??? So is not serious but also not joke???? :/
Yeah uhm, do better and just type [joke] or sum
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strange-nd-creature · 6 months
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witikli · 2 months
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oh my god i am fucking begging you people to understand that not all autistic people can use tonetags. i cant use tonetags. i wont use them. they are not accommodating for me, they make everything worse and more confusing. if someone asks me to clarify my tone, i can do that. i CANNOT use tonetags. when people use tonetags while talking directly to me its fucking awful. it stresses me out and its confusing and its frustrating and it makes it so so so much harder for me as an autistic person to interact with people online. if tonetags help u, thats great and awesome and i love that for u. but u cannot force an accommodation on disabled people who do not want or need that accommodation. it does not help me, it HINDERS me and my ability to communicate. i have genuinely seen people say that its morally wrong and inherently bigoted for an autistic person to refuse to use tonetags. thats fucking bullshit and you need to get over yourselves.
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ndcultureis · 1 year
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"but if i use tone tags, then the joke isn't as funny anymore"
and spending ten minutes having to explain each joke you make to me doesn't? 😭
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a-sip-of-milo · 5 months
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de-rune · 11 months
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entire list of tone tags/indicators
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these are things you put on the end of a sentence or paragraph in text to indicate the tone you wrote it in. it helps prevent misunderstandings to any degree. ex: i gave you a fact not an opinion /info (or (info))
if there are any that repeat please let me know
here, here, here and here are carrds incase you need a bit more information
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/j, (joke) = joking /hj, (half-joke) = half joking /lhj, (light-heart-joke) = light-hearted joke /cj, (cope joke) = coping joke / coping by joking about it /ij, (inside joke) = inside joke /jk, (just kid) = just kidding /kid, (kidding) = kidding
/s or /sarc, (sarc) or (sarcastic) = sarcastic / sarcasm
/srs, (serious) = serious connotation /nsrs, (non/not-serious) = not serious
/pos or /posc, (positive) or (pos con) = positive connotation /vpos, (very pos) or (v positive) = very positive connotation (extra v's can be used to emphasise how happy a person is when talking) /neg or /negc, (negative) or (neg con) = negative connotation /vneg, (very neg) or (v negative) = very negative connotation (extra v's for emphasis)
/lh, (light-heart) = light hearted /calm, (calm) = calm /gent, (gentle) = gentle /w, (warm) = warm / warmth /soft or /sft, (soft) = soft / softly /co or /cf, (comfort) = comfort / comforting
/g or /gen, (gen) or (genuine) = genuine /gq, (gen q) or (genuine question) = genuine question / genuinely curious/asking /gens or /gs, (gen s) or (genuine suggest) = genuine suggestion
/jw, (just wonder) = just wondering /curi, (curious) = curious / curiously
/ref, (ref) or (reference) = reference /er, (edited ref) = edited reference /q or /quo, (quote) = quote /l or /ly or /lyr, (lyric) = lyric(s) /c, (copy) = copypasta
/t, (tease) or (teasing) = teasing /nt, (not teasing) or (non-teasing) = not teasing /play or /pl, (playing) or (playful) = playful /pt, (play tease) = playful teasing
/nm, (not mad) = not mad /nmay, (not mad at u) = not mad at you /lu or /alu, (little upset) or (a little upset) = (a) little upset /ups or /upst, (upset) = upset /md, (mad) = mad /vu, (very upset) = very upset
/nf, (not/non-forced) or (non-forcing) = not forced /np, (no pressure) or (not pressuring) = no pressure
/nbh or /noh, (nobody here) or (no one here) = nobody/no one here /sbh or /soh, (somebody here) or (someone here) = somebody/one here /nsb, (not subtweet) = not subtweeting /sbtw, (subtweet) = subtweeting /nay, (not at u/you) = not at you /ay (at you) = at you
/nbr, (not to be rude) = not being rude /pli, (polite) = polite /pq, (polite q) = polite question
/ot, (off topic) = off topic /irr or /irre, (irrele) or (irrelevant) = irrelevant (similar to off topic)
/cb, (clickbait) = clickbait /ncb, (not clickbait) or (non-clickbait) = not clickbait / not clickbaiting you /f, (fake) = fake /nfk, (not fake) = not fake
/m, (metaphor) = metaphor / metaphorically /li, (lit) = literal / literally /rt or /rh or /rq, (rhet q) or (rhetorical) = rhetorical question /hyp, (hyperb) = hyperbole /ex, (exaggerated) = exaggeration /dra, (dramatic) = dramatic
/p, (platonic) = platonic /apl or /ap or /apple, (apl) or (aplatonic) = aplatonic /npl, (non/not platonic) = not platonic /r, (romantic) = romantic /nr, (nonromance) = not romantic /sr or /slr, (slight romance) = slightly romantic /sx, (sexual) = sexual /nsx, (non/not sexual) = not sexual /fl or /flr, (flirt) or (flirty) or (flirting) = flirting /nfl, (nonflirt) = not flirting / non flirtatious /a or /aff, (aff) or (affection) = affectionate /fam, (familial) = familial (platonic in the family sense) /alt, (alter) = alterious /qp, (queer plat) = queer platonic
/pc or /pos, (pos) = positive connotation /nc or /neg, (neg) = negative connotation /neu, (neu) = neutral / neutral connotation
/th, (threat) = threat /nth or /nat, (nonthreat) = not a threat / not threatening /tan, (tangent) = tangent /v or /ven, (vent) = venting /nav, (not vent) = not a vent / not venting /posv, (pos vent) = positive vent /negv, (neg vent) = negative vent /neuv, (neu vent) = neutral vent /pa, (pas agress) = passive aggressive /npa, (non-pass agress) = not/non passive agressive
/! or /e, (excite) = excited /cel, (celebrate) = celebrating / celebratory
/so or /sho, (showoff) = showing off /br, (brag) = bragging /nbra, (non brag) = not bragging /nabr, (not brag) = not a brag /flx or /fx, (flex) = flex (similar to bragging/showing off) /nafx, (not flex) = not a flex
/ao, (order) = an order /nao, (not order) = not an order /naq, (not q) or (not question) = not a question /state, (state) = stating (similar to naq) /jstate or /jst, (just state) = just stating /stfct or /saf, (stated fact) = stating a fact /info, (info) = information / informing
/para, (paraphrase) = paraphrasing
/pi, (please int) = please interact /pr, (please resp) = please respond /pdni, (please dont int) = please dont/do not interact /pdr, (please dont resp) = please dont respond /dni, (dont int) = dont/do not interact /byf, (before follow) = before you follow /dnf, (dont follow) = dont/do not follow /dniuc, (dont int unless close) = dont/do not interact unless close /dniaa, (dont int at all) = dont/do not interact at all /otf, (okay follow) = okay to follow /oti, (okay int) = okay to interact / okay with interaction /otig, (okay int gentle) = okay to interact gently / okay to interact if gentle
/tic, (tic) = something typed out due to a tic.
/nts or /ts, (to self) = (note) to self
/unin, (unint) = unintentional /unre, (unrelated) = unrelated
/unreal, (unreal) = not/non real or unreality
/dir, (direct) = direct /diray, (direct at you) = directed at you /ndiray, (nondirect at you) = not directed at you /va, (vague) = vague
/rp, (roleplay) = roleplaying
/sys, (system) or (in sys) = system / in the system
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you can use shorter /ttags or simply put them in brackets (tone indicator) at the end. /info
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if you know any that i have not added please let me know and i'll add them asap!
ive been working on this and had it in my drafts for sometime now so i think its time to release this info into the wild wide web /silly
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tontoemojis · 2 months
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tone tag wordmojis ?!!
-canine 🐾 anon
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tone tags wordmojis !!!!
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Person eviler than me:
Whoever decided to demonize tone tags as cringe and make fun of people who actually need and use them.
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thesleepiicatsys · 1 year
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A tonetag masterlist !
What are tonetags, How do I use them?
Tonetags are usually a sign off on a message to show which tone one has used! This helps people who cannot tell tone over text!
Why are people so persistent on using them?
It helps a lot of people! If they misunderstand something it could upset them! Be mindful!
What are some common Tonetags, What do they mean?
/g, /gq = genuine, genuine question
/j = Joking
/hj = Half joking
/ij = Inside joke
/cj = coping joke (commonly used after trauma jokes)
/lhj = Light hearted joke
/srs = Serious
/s, /sarc, /sar = Sarcastic/sarcasm
/hsrs = Half serious
/nsrs = not serious
/lh = Lighthearted
/l, /ly, /lyr = lyrics
/nay = not at you (when something isn't directed to you)
/ay = at you (when something it directed towards you)
/nbh = nobody here (commonly used after a vent towards someone to show it is not directed towards them, or to point out nobody in the group or place)
/dir = directed
/ndir = not directed
/safe = safe to click or open, (links or spoiled things)
/cur = Curious
/np = not pushing
/nf = not forced
/nfa = not forced answer
/nfta = not forced to answer
/rh, /rt = rhetorical question
/rt = retweet or rhetorical question
/pa = passive aggressive
/npa = not passive aggressive
/f, /fake = fake
/q, /quote = quote
/ref = reference
/ncm = not comparing, not competing
/c = copypasta, or caps lock
/li = literally
/hy, /hyp = hyperbole
/pc, /pos = Positive connotation
/nc, /neg = negative connotation
/neu = neutral connotation
/opn = opinion
/sugg = suggestion
/gs = genuine suggestion
/nbr = not being rude
/ot = off topic
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