Date uploaded: 2021-10-14 00:57:50
Have you been seeing 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 all over your social media feeds?
If you have, there's no need to worry. In this case, those emojis are typically not meant as a literal warning of impending danger.
At the beach, a red flag means strong currents that can cause significant injury or death. Or in social settings, a "red flag" means any interaction with the person or object in question should end immediately.
But once again, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok users have turned a common expression into a meme.
Now, the red flag meme you're seeing on your screens is being used to convey what some people determine to be conversation deal-breakers. Users are sharing quotes — some real and others not — that they deem to be a warning sign of possible problematic behaviors or beliefs, and then following those quotes with several red flag emojis.
