互联网语言学家麦卡洛克（Gretchen McCulloch）说：“正是‘笑哭’的成功导致了它在年轻人当中的口碑跌落。（Tears of Joy was a victim of its own success.）”
"If you indicate digital laughter for years and years in the same way, it starts to feel insincere. ... The hyperbole gets worn out through continued use," she said. That's why Gen Zers may be looking to fresh and novel ways to signal they're laughing through different ways.她说：“如果你多年来用同样的方式表达笑意，它会逐渐显得不真诚。……这种夸张的符号已经被用烂了。”这就是为什么Z世代试图找寻新鲜的替代品，通过不一样的方式发出笑的信号。
一名用户在一则TikTok评论中问道：“‘笑哭’表情符号有啥问题？”另一名用户回复说：“过时到不行了。”"What's wrong with the laughing emoji?," one user asked in a TikTok comment. Another responded: "it's so off."
21岁的瓦利德·穆罕默德对记者说：“我什么表情都用，除了‘笑哭’。很久以前我就不再用这个表情了，因为我看到都是年纪更大的人在用，比如我妈妈、哥哥姐姐以及其他上了年纪的人。”"I use everything but the laughing emoji," 21-year-old Walid Mohammed told CNN Business. "I stopped using it a while back because I saw older people using it, like my mom, my older siblings and just older people in general."
17岁的泽维尔·马丁则表示，“笑哭”表情符号“很乏味”，并称同龄人使用它的并不多。21岁的斯泰茜·蒂鲁更喜欢真正的“哭泣”表情符号，因为它表现出一种更极端的情感，更富有戏剧性。Seventeen-year-old Xavier Martin called the ?? emoji "bland" and said "not too many people" his age use it. Stacy Thiru, 21, prefers the real cryng emoji because it shows a more extreme emotion and feels more dramatic. 1996年以后出生的Z世代成长于一个互联网已经无处不在的年代。相比之下，一些千禧一代还记得互联网没有那么普及的时代。 对于为什么年轻人喜欢那么频繁地使用表情，有人说：“光用语言不能完全地阐释出我的想法，而这些表情丰富了我的表达，让它更加生动。”
“The English language cannot fully capture the depth and complexity of my thoughts, so I’m incorporating emoji into my speech to better express myself. Winky face.”
