The laughing emoji on Facebook and social media has become the symbol for haters to mock other people.
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Story behind the song
The laughing emoji used to be for laughing at someone's joke, but now
it has been pressed into service for a more sinister purpose: Derisive mockery of sincere statements. The meaning is obvious: Your argument is so foolish, so stupid, that I'm actually laughing. Facebook's laughing face emoji is laughing at you, and it's doing so in a way far more infuriating than simply a written-out "ha ha" or "lol."
Lyrics
I saw it coming from a mile away
A typical response from the MAGA crowd
I know you think you gotta have your say
But you know you boys are anything but proud
When it comes to freedom and truth
Social Media is always kind of funny
It's quite apparent you haven't got a clue
When you respond with a laughing emoji
You like to put us down
With words you cannot spell
You can use a smile or a frown
With a tweet from the Trump hotel
What's so funny about the covid virus
What's so funny about death
What's so funny about a global crisis
And the people that you infect
I saw a post from the CDC
Warning us, you gotta wear a mask
Many replied with a laughing emoji
Now the symbol of a hateful jackass
So when you use it, we know who you are
The misinformed Fox news nation
Your facts are wrong and your logic marred
Your mind in a state of constant stagnation
You like to put us down
With hatefulness and glee
You can use a smile or a frown
But instead it's that laughing emoji
What's so funny about sympathy
Don't you have any to spare?
What's so funny 'bout people in need
Are you unable to care?
What's so funny about treason and lies
And trying to steal your votes
What's so funny about presidential ties
To foreign leaders and foes
Bridge:
You can sneer all you want
Act like it's a joke
But when you find you're wrong
And expose your callous soul
SOLO
You like to put us down
With hatefulness and glee
You make yourself into a clown
With that laughing emoji
What's so funny I'd like to know
What's so funny to you
What's so funny, what's the joke
To a close minded point of view
What's so funny ha ha ha
What's so funny to you?
What's so funny la dee dah
What's so funny about truth?
What's so funny? (You're a Mocking bird)
What's so funny? (Fighting to be heard)
What's so funny? (Gotta have the last word)
What's so funny? (You only like to hurt)