- upvote context
- Posts about horrible, shocking, or overwhelming situations will often receive this emoji in top comments.
- community use
- Used in r/TIFU, r/AmItheAsshole, or r/relationship_advice to react to truly distressing situations.
- subreddit meaning
- In news or political subs, used sincerely; in meme subs, used ironically for small tragedies.
- karma context
- Associated with high-karma empathy comments where the emoji does the emotional heavy lifting.