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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 111 points 1 month ago (9 children)

"just whatsapped me"

Lol, fuck off, he sent you a message, not all apps and websites need to become a fucking verb

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Odd hill to die on but I'm kinda for it.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm gonna pipe my opinion here too. If I said "so and so signaled me" that would be very weird in any context. Facebook Messengered me? iMessaged me? Smsed me? Snapchatted me? I mean fuck twitter people said "dmed" me not twittered me

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If you told someone in Europe you were going to txt them they would think you were weird

"What you don't have whatsapp? It's literally free"

Europeans don't text, they use messenger apps, mostly WhatsApp

[–] GrosPapatouf@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Europeans don’t text, they use messenger apps

It really depends on the country. SMS is still commonly used in France for instance.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if France had cheaper SMS rates in the early 2000s because that was the big driver of WhatsApp. I have to admit though in my experience I don't think I know of any situation where someone from France has ever used anything other than WhatsApp. I would hate it if they texted me because then it wouldn't auto translate.

[–] GrosPapatouf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Standard mobile plans in France have included unlimited SMS since the mid 2000s I'd say. People still use it, but WhatsApp/Messenger are pretty popular too.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

French people actually use MMS, which I never thought anyone would.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

True but only if you really specify "SMS", because if you just say "I'll text you" they'll just assume that means WhatsApp/messenger.

[–] cute_noker@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago

In my country SMS is free

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Europeans don't text, they use messenger apps, mostly WhatsApp

That's texting and anyone who says it isn't is a fucking idiot, unless they're only communicating via emoji or some wild shit

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[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Why would that be a hill to die on? It was just a response. No one was insisting on anything.

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 month ago (3 children)

nah I like to flex that one of my friends Signaled me

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago

at least that's an actual English verb

[–] modus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Jokes on you, you grandma just Onlyfansed me

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

What a weird thing to get angry at.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

I think using brands as verbs might be very normalised in the US but it's less common elsewhere.

It's not offensive but it's... jarring or noticeable.

Here no one would say whatsapped or telegramed or signalled. It's just messaged.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Plus the additional information can be useful. If someone says "I'll whatsapp you the details" you might respond with: "No I don't have internet connection, just SMS me instead" or "I don't use whatsapp, how about signal". At the very least you know where to look for the message

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Are they angry?

[–] cute_noker@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago

Easy to say when you have balls of steel

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Fred Grindred me last night.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's like those guys that name brand EVERYTHING.

"Can you get my iPhone 17 extreme from my Hermes leather jacket, it's in the backseat of my Audi R8."

....fucking cringe.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kamen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

"Is that xerox a Canon?"

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It might not have been a message, it might have been a WhatsApp video call. In which case 'whatsapped me' is a little shorter than 'just video called me' or 'just WhatsApp video called me'.

The app is over a decade in popular use, people will integrate it into language.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Whatapp is the preferred messaging app for most of europe because it subverts the complicated and sometimes expensive telephone networks

It's the same as saying you txted someone

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All my international coworkers when I travel ask me to use WhatsApp. It saves them money and makes it easy to connect to others. Anyone in this thread shitting on it has either never traveled internationally or is just an asshole.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I am the asshole.

I refuse to install that goddamn app.

When I'm in Europe and people want to catch up, I'm the one forcing them to open their email. Or to actually dial the phone.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No one is shitting on the app, I'm shitting on the language used, go read what I wrote again.

Or if you prefer

No one is Totoing on the app, I'm American Standarding on the language used, go read what I Gboarded again.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I wasn't replying directly to you and was replying to someone else, adding support to what they said. Context matters, but I can see why you could take what I said out of context.

Personally I will use whatever app as a verb if it suits the moment or conversation at hand. Language can be fluid and doesn't always have to conform to a strict set of rules - see slang used in any language globally.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Whatsapp is the only real form of instant communication in my country (Jamaica), because it still costs money to send texts and a lot of other messaging services aren't even available/supported in the region.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No way in hell do I believe that Signal won't work on Jamaica.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tons of things work.

When people say things like that, they don't understand technology and just say that the popular thing is the "only" way.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

In my case, good luck convincing the average Jamaican to switch to Signal, same problem everywhere! Just trying to give context to the verb "whatsapp".

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think they actually said that I think they were just saying that WhatsApp is the primary method of communication in Jamaica

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

a lot of other messaging services aren’t even available/supported in the region.

They were clearly saying that

It was probably easier to say that, than explain the social forces at work, but still, they said it.

[–] rishado@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Signal did not replace expensive texting and offer free wireless communication for the first time EVER in basically every developing country. Get off your high horse.

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yep, I agree it's pretty annoying. What's ironic though is that in the spirit of shortening everything (like many Americans seem to do), "texted" would've been shorter (and in this instance there's nothing particular about which app they used to do that).

[–] responsible_sith@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It might be to highlight that he used WhatsApp, which is popular in Europe but not America.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Sure, but it still doesn't change the story. It's a piece of text, it gets from one person to the other over a mobile network or over the Internet.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Whatsapp doesn't use the SMS protocol though so if you send a WhatsApp message it doesn't appear as a text message it appears in the WhatsApp app, you have to have the app installed so it is a significant distinction to make.

When I'm dealing with clients I'm mostly told to send them a WhatsApp message but occasionally they will tell me to send a text message and that means that they don't have WhatsApp and I actually have to use the SMS system. They just say WhatsApp or text and know that I'll be able to work it out.

[–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yes but for us reading the story it’s irrelevant if he received a WhatsApp, signal or SMS message

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I know how it works. Texting sometimes means SMS specifically, but other times it might mean messaging over any non-SMS app/protocol.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

And that message is received in a text form, hell, use "messaged me" if you prefer, I don't care