To me, :/ has always been a fairly neutral expression, like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ or 😐, I would have used :( to convey upset, but its certainly reasonable that others would read it differently.
I kinda hoped my other comments would have made it clearer, but again, text is a bad medium :( oh well
Text is a bad medium for conveying emotion.
To me, :/ has always been a fairly neutral expression, like
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
or 😐, I would have used :( to convey upset, but its certainly reasonable that others would read it differently.I kinda hoped my other comments would have made it clearer, but again, text is a bad medium :( oh well