- reaction meaning
- Used by Deaf/HoH community members sharing experiences, or by users signaling they're done engaging with an argument.
- comment use
- Appears in disability advocacy posts, awareness month content, and occasionally as passive-aggressive dismissal in comment sections.
- boomer interpretation
- Older users may interpret it literally as representing someone who is deaf, without the generational 'ignoring negativity' subtext.
- group use
- Frequently used in Deaf community Facebook groups, sign language learning groups, and disability support communities.