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The emoticon question...
Posted by Cobweb Steve on 12 July 2011 - 9:25pm.
Not sure that this is worth a post but I'm curious so what the hey -
I've noticed that a lot of posters will put something like '(insert smiley face here)' or 'winking smiley' rather than type :-) or ;-).
Why?
<:-*? (me being puzzled in a dunce's hat while stroking my beard)
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It's because
emoticons aren't really encouraged here, and are in fact rather looked down upon. The feeling is that you should be able to convey the meaning of what you write without them. After all, people managed without them for centuries when using pen and paper.
I use them a lot
...consider me duly chastised. It goes without saying (so I'm gonna say it) that people also got on fine for centuries with pen and paper before the advent of mobiles, Facebook, Twitter and internet blogs as instruments of condescension.
Says who?
:>( (hard, step outside now face)
"He looks down on me
cos I use emoticons... I know my place :-p
I did it once
because I was being slightly ironic - I don't really like emoticons but I wanted to ensure that my post was perceived in a light hearted manner.
Me too
Given the way that misinterpretation of the tone of what is being said rather than the substance has lead to quite a few run-ins on the blog I know feel I have to use them to ensure people don't fly off the handle and assume I'm being serious when in fact I'm being ironic or rhetorical.
Not having a go, Bisto...
...and completely off-topic, but when did "lead" start taking over from "led"? You see it everywhere, these days.
?;-O
it's an Elvis smiley!
Personally, I use smileys quite a bit. Particularly the ;-) if I'm joking, as personally I find it hard to judge other people's tone, so I like to be clear about my own intended tone of voice.
Johan, just wondering where you get your assertion that emoticons are looked down upon here? There's nothing in the FAQs about it...
Well I've noticed a few instances recently
where people have made deliberately inflammatory statements in order to get attention. Having done so, they justify it by claiming it was all some hilarious wheeze which we all failed to 'get'. These folk then accuse others of having 'no sense of humour' because they failed to spot the razor sharp wit involved. In that case, I think a Smiley may help.
Not sure we need to resort 'LOL' and 'LMFAO' on this forum, but the odd Smiley is OK isn't it?
Irony
I think it's ironic.
Well, I do now.
The Emoticon Question
TMFTL
That Petrol Emoticon
Tamla
Moticon
Tamla
Moticon
Oh dear - I just
Seconded That Emoticon
Boo!
Hiss!
;-)
I thought it was just
Stereo...
I used to frequent a forum
which used a veritable cornucopia of emoticons, a couple of which were downright hostile and guaranteed to inflame any situation.
One was the "rolling eyes" smiley which implied (and delivered) nothing but naked sarcasm (TMFTL).
The other was the infamous "loopy" smiley which featured a pissed-off looking face with a single arm and hand describing an endless series of circles in the air, as you do when you want to imply a fellow poster is, like, crazy.
Nice.
Word-friendly emoticons
Lol!
LOL!
For me...
...a ROFL will now forever be be a ROLF.
CYTWIIY?
.
you made
me laugh
:)
The only smiley I ever use. Mainly because I tend to sign my name with a smiley face in letters and cards (though not professional ones, you understand).
It shows I have joy. Or the mind of a 12 year old girl. One of the two...
I just use
;-) now and again ...I think ...
... cos I am an old fart.
The apparent frowning on the use of emoticons
supports my theory that a large percentage of the Massive are in the teacher trade.
"Sit up straight boy"
I'm a teacher...
...and I couldn't give a fuck about people using emoticons as long as it's not in a "King Lear" essay.
Oh
I like to use the "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child" emoticon. Shall not do it in future, Mr Bob.
I have nothing agin emoticons, but don't understand them. They just look like punctuation marks to me and so I never really know what they are meant to convey. This is my fault, I know.
Nothing highlights the tragedy
of the blinding of Gloucester like a :-(
That would be AMAZING.
I am a very foolish fond old man,
Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less;
And, to deal plainly,
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Methinks I should know you, and know this man;
Yet I am doubtful for I am mainly ignorant
What place this is; and all the skill I have
Remembers not these garments; nor I know not
Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me;
For, as I am a man, I think this lady
To be my child Cordelia.
[stage hand enters left with a large sign bearing a :-((((((( ]
Or for whenever the Fool appears
a sign with ROFL (for English teachers only)
Quite right
Morrissey is no laughing matter.
Not language you use in class I hope Bob?
Or has English lit moved on since my O Level days. All "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and "The Merchant of Venice" in 1976.
A handy guide for Jo
(_!_) normal ass
(__!__) fat ass
{_!_} wrinkled ass
(o)(o) perfect tits
( + )( + ) fake silicone tits
(*)(*) perky nippled tits
(@)(@) big nippled tits
(oYo) push-up tits
(^)(^) cold tits
(o)(O) uneven tits
(Q)(Q) droopy tits
(:o)(o) tits bitten by a vampire
\o/\o/ grannie’s tits
( – )( – ) tits slammed against the shower door
( o Y o ) Playmate tits
8> A Cold dick
8===> A Hot dick
:-) -: Smilie with an erection
:-( :- Impotent
;-) o===8 Bragger
;-) ===8 Circumcised.
:-) -^-: In need of some corrective surgery.
:-} -oo-: Taking matters into hand.
B=D Short penis
B==Q Prince Albert penis
good god
I don't think emoticons have ever actually made me blush before
B&Q
Penis describing a figure of eight movement in a DIY store
I NEED AN ADULT!
I NEED AN ADULT!
Smilie with an erection...
just makes me think of Sir Alec Guinness in a way i'd rather not