#TONETAGS4LIFE

[tedlebred]

You gotta teach me how to use tone tags correctly 😭😭 I feel like I don’t know what half of them mean + use them incorrectly

There r so many and they can be so confusing…………. I went around using /gen as /gentle for like a year before I realised🥲🥲(it’s actually /genuine)

but tone tags tone tags forever I love tone tags!!!!! I wouldn’t be able to survive on the internet without tone tags. Here are the ones I use the most often:

Warning this ended up longer than I expected…….

/j: joking - 

use when you’re making a joke, or saying something jokingly/playfully that could be misunderstood as serious 

/hj: half joking - 

use when you’re. Well. Half joking about something 

/srs: serious - 

Use when you’re serious about something/not joking 

/lh: light hearted -

I’m honestly not sure how I should explain this…….. you use it when you’re. Being. Light hearted??? Idk I’m sorry it’s just muscle memory for me at this point

/ref: reference -

Use when you’re referencing something. A movie, game, meme, book - anything that you’re referencing 

/lyr: song lyric -

Use when you’re quoting a song lyric 

/q: quote- 

use when you’re quoting something- book, movie, video game, meme, whatever

/nf: not forced - 

Use when you suggest something, or ask something, or anything like that but want to clarify that you’re not forcing the person to do it

/nm: not mad -

FUN FACT I JUST GOOGLED THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT AND I HADN’T.  I USED TO THIBK THAT IT MEANT /NOT MEAN. WELL

but use when you’re talking to someone and want to clarify that you’re not mad with them, or making a joking comment that appears harsh/mean and could come across as you being mad 

/p: platonic -

Use when you want to say that whatever statement you’re saying is in a platonic way, ex saying “I love you” to friends

/r: romantic -

Use when you want to say that whatever statement you’re saying is in a romantic way

I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE!!!!!?? Those are just the ones I personally find the most useful, but there are loooaads others!!!! Here are some places w more information if you wanted it:

Uhm. Yeah. I use tone indicators with pretty much anyone who isn’t a close irl friend (ofc I use them w them too, but they usually know me well enough to know what I’m saying/mean at any point) because they make everything so much easier!!!!!!!!! Especially for me!!!!!!!! I don’t get online interaction etiquette, I’m constantly afraid of coming on too strong onto mutuals/afraid of people misunderstanding me, and I don’t really understand things over text. it’s annoying lmao,, tone tags saved my life!!!!!!!!!! Looooove stacking tone tags at the end of a sentence to make sure I’m not confusing 💞💖Hope this was helpful!!!!/gen