- meme usage
- Used in tweets about doing the 'emotional labor' of building relationships, or ironically about constructing elaborate excuses.
- sarcasm patterns
- Sarcastically deployed when someone is praised for doing the bare minimum: 'Such hard work ๐ท๐ผโโ๏ธ'
- quote tweet context
- Added to quote tweets affirming women in male-dominated fields, or mockingly when someone overclaims effort.
- trending context
- Appears during Women in STEM/trades trending moments, Equal Pay Day discussions, and labor rights conversations.
- reply use
- Used as a reply to show solidarity with someone working hard or to clap back sarcastically at someone who isn't.