irie. Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 i love them!! i used to be quite against them. i used to be against the geek speak abbreviations as well, but i just can't help it anymore! I LOVE THEM BOTH! i say LOL and brb and IMO and everything!!! my name is irie and i am addicted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 There is no shame in being a geek. Let it out...don't be shy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 You gotta use them for sure irie. I actually have a beef with people who don't use them. It's hard to tell if someone is joking or is really pissed when all you have to go on is their choice of words, spelling and grammer. Stay on this board long enough and you'll see all sorts of arguments start just because someone didn't put a wink beside their post. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Oh that's nice Marco. I just finshed my lunch for Christ sake. (You see if I didn't put the wink, how could my comment be interpretted?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 I have to strongly agree with Ms Hux... BAHHHHH HAHHHHHH But with me, it doesn't matter what emoticon I use, people still take me wrong. But hey, I can take it(most of the time anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Relax SF no reason to get all worked up for christs sakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 MrsHux, I thought you had pizza for lunch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Personally I smilies and any who says or ! You go irie! Peace, Mr. M. P.S. See http://www.mysmilies.com/ for the smilies in this message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 No they're wrong. I hate them and have never used them. How can you take any conversation seriously with winky winky, frowntown browntown happy faces staring at you. On the other hand I do like when people are ripping into me and put the little winking guy in to let me know they're not totally serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 quote: Originally posted by kung: How can you take any conversation seriously with winky winky, frowntown browntown happy faces staring at you. That's an interesting question, but to turn it around, since people do things like frown, smile, wink and make hand gestures in face-to-face conversations, how is it you manage to take those seriously? Smilies are a partial compensation for the fact that words alone cannot convey the range of emotion we're used to in traditional modes of communication, particularly when you're essentially trying to carry on a conversation rather than a monologue (i.e. the difference between essay writing, where you're responsible for defining the voice completely vs. responding to the thoughts of others, which is essentially becomes a collaborative exercise including the implicit negotiation of norms.) They are perhaps not the most sophisticated way of doing it, but they are a step in the evolutionary path of human communication. Perhaps as we become more adept at this kind of communication, smilies will fall away naturally. (BTW part of my masters work was the study of Internet communication in education, thus my obvious geekiness on the topic.) In the meantime, lighten up kung ya bastard! - M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 hahahahahhahahahaha!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfmaster C Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 testing a farticon i swiped from sally's post...... hmmmm how do you use these fancypants emoticons. i wanna fart in my signature!?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfmaster C Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 yay it worked! thanks sally sorry folks that was a stinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Esau: Relax SF no reason to get all worked up for christs sakes. Yeah I know...I'm a live one. OOOOMMMMMMMMMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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