Pet Peeve #3 : Emoticons
Don't know how to express your feelings to that special someone? Are you emotionally repressed and want to create the illusion that you're not? Then insert some emoticons. :-D
For the uninitiated :
"Smileys (also known as "emoticons" for the more tech loving people) are used in e-mail, chatting, and posted messages, and are a short sequence of keyboard letters and symbols, usually emulating a facial expression, expressing a feeling that supplements the message. Most of these emoticons use several symbols to create a small face with an expression such as a smile, wink, or turned-down mouth. To read these you can either tilt your head or turn the monitor on its side."
AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! [sorry, :-(( ]
Can all human emotions be reduced to 15 different symbols? Can all of our feelings be expressed in a few quick key strokes?
Smiley says 'YES!'
Join me in saying "NO!"
Death to smiley and co. :-)
posted by Simone R. @ 8:03 pm
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2 Comments:
And if you want to get cross-cultural, there is the whole Asian smiley language as well, which you don't even have to turn your head to read.
d(^_^)b
If emoticons helped an emotionally repressed person start to express their feelings, are they still all bad? I'm no expert (in fact - I only really use one or two occasionally) but I'm thinking it could be a good jumping off point...
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