secondhand answer, weird social ritual re: question about a new meme
@Felthry someone else I follow said it was a thing that coordinators of social events sometimes do to check whether people are having a good time
I'm guessing it became a joke by people doing so in completely self-defeating ways - e.g. "everyone give a thumbs-up if you're cheerful and a thumbs-down if you're not!", as if publicly declaring that you're not having a good time isn't a recipe for having an even worse time as people try to confront you over why
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secondhand answer, weird social ritual re: question about a new meme
@Felthry someone else I follow said it was a thing that coordinators of social events sometimes do to check whether people are having a good time
I'm guessing it became a joke by people doing so in completely self-defeating ways - e.g. "everyone give a thumbs-up if you're cheerful and a thumbs-down if you're not!", as if publicly declaring that you're not having a good time isn't a recipe for having an even worse time as people try to confront you over why