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multix In reply to quiet-snowfall [2006-08-17 07:33:27 +0000 UTC]

not always a critique is needed! In real life we have non-verbal communication and a chuckle or a nod are enough. Here well, emoticons are crap.

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quiet-snowfall In reply to multix [2006-08-18 03:34:54 +0000 UTC]

Yup, you got that right! Very hard to convey a subtle thought - I always feel like I'm whacking the person over the head with a baseball bat, when I'm really just trying to make some quiet comment. The first time I ever used an emoticon was about 5 months ago, on dA, exchanging comments with a girl who is still a teenager. It was a revelation. If you know how to use them (and I don't, not well, but she does), then they can be like a whole separate conversation within the conversation. You can write straight humourless text and entwine laughter within it by using a few symbols. And they creep into your writing - I wrote her a comment once, then turned to send an email to a client and accidentally put a into it! Not good. A bit scary though - they might be a bit like the P-button on my digital - "P" is the opposite of manual, it means the camera does the thinking for you, and it is just possible that you will forget how to do that yourself. But it is a different, and very rapid way of communicating intent. All that the non-emoticoners have available is an exclamation mark! It is one of the reasons that I like sometimes exchanging a comment from someone in their teens - it is just so easy to visualize their intentions, because their speech is peppered with emoticons.

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multix In reply to Shanezory [2006-04-01 17:19:49 +0000 UTC]

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