Why so many emoticons?

[ngkats]

I figure I could alienate a bunch of people here but:

any one else annoyed with the overwhelming--borderline abusive--use of emoticons on this forum?

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[Lukkie]

we need more imo

 

[chessodoc]

Why not??

 

[ar2388]

i love them!!! i wish i had so many in other places. if anything, i want more!

 

[Kaustikos]

we need more imo

Why not??

i love them!!! i wish i had so many in other places. if anything, i want more!

TRUTH

But in all honesty, at least they don't let you use your own smilies. Some forums have a more casual moderation of smilies and let you use your own, which can often lead to some disastrous, albeit hilarious, results.

not the mention the restriction on the amount of smilies per post, which I love because some forums don't use that and you often see

 

[phospho]

i love them!!! i wish i had so many in other places. if anything, i want more!

i agree! we need more!

 

[ngkats]

i knew i'd be in the minority on this but I didn't think i'd be totally alone here...

 

[olemissbabydoc]

More emoticons, pleeeeease!!

 

[Depakote]

admins dig smileys.

 

[146233]

i knew i'd be in the minority on this but I didn't think i'd be totally alone here...

Lighten up. It's the interweb.

admins dig smileys.

 

[spike22]

the use of emoticons is kind of annoying, i feel ya

 

[funkydrmonkey]

I figure I could alienate a bunch of people here but:

any one else annoyed with the overwhelming--borderline abusive--use of emoticons on this forum?

the use of emoticons is kind of annoying, i feel ya

:troll:

 

[Anotherface]

:troll:

I don't think I can do any better than that. On the other hand, I find that the dancing lock and dancing banana are annoying.

 

[rabidpanda13]

aww drmonkey beat me to it

 

[ngkats]

alright alright. you guys win.

 

[DrYoda]

. On the other hand, I find that the dancing lock and dancing banana are annoying.

Awww it gave me this error:

1. You have included 90 images in your message. You are limited to using 10 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

 

[rabidpanda13]

alright alright. you guys win.

 

[Retsage]

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QED

 

[235009]

it's the only way you can express emotion online so the more the merrier!

 

[njmed]

I figure I could alienate a bunch of people here but:

any one else annoyed with the overwhelming--borderline abusive--use of emoticons on this forum?

We need more emoticons, because we are emotional

 

[ngkats]

see, most of them have no relevance. for instance, is that last one a monkey? with red shoes? why?????

 

[linguini]

see, most of them have no relevance. for instance, is that last one a monkey? with red shoes? why?????

Why wouldn't the monkey be wearing red shoes is a better question...

He's so cute...

 

[DrYoda]

see, most of them have no relevance. for instance, is that last one a monkey? with red shoes? why?????

The mods must have forgotten this:

 

[Bacchus]

see, most of them have no relevance. for instance, is that last one a monkey? with red shoes? why?????

Happy Dance aka med school acceptance. Any smiley can mean various things if you open up your mind... smilies, the Hemingway of the internet.

 

[Anotherface]

Awww it gave me this error:

Touche. Now I feel like going on a rampage. While the dancing bananas/locks give me the shivers the die banana emoticon induces a euphoria.

 

[Kaustikos]

nvm

 

[Kaustikos]

The mods must have forgotten this:

which begets

 

[njmed]

Why wouldn't the monkey be wearing red shoes is a better question...

He's so cute...

 

[maggie08]

i'm not gonna lie:

sometimes if i'm on facebook or sending an email, there are emoticons from sdn that i reeeeeeeally need.

especially these: , ,

i fantasize about using them.

 

[bluesmd]

blasphemy *shaking head*

 

[Nemuri]

I love serious cat

 

[202781]

You asked why do we have so many of them?

ANSWER: How the heck else am I supposed to express this emotion with out the image? it would take forever.


Example: I start laughing, slowly at first but then I laugh so hard that my head starts to float above the ground...suddenly I realize that this may be detrimental to my health and/or the thing I was laughing about no longer becomes funny and/or I realize that the person posting was actually serious so I do not want to hurt their feelings by roflcoptering them.



SPLUHHH

 

[202781]

i'm not gonna lie:

sometimes if i'm on facebook or sending an email, there are emoticons from sdn that i reeeeeeeally need.

especially these: , ,

i fantasize about using them.

Thats hot

 

[funkydrmonkey]

i'm not gonna lie:

sometimes if i'm on facebook or sending an email, there are emoticons from sdn that i reeeeeeeally need.

especially these: , ,

i fantasize about using them.

Same here... I have started putting emoticons in my facebook posts...

 

[closer23]

.

 

[teddybear]

I figure I could alienate a bunch of people here but:

any one else annoyed with the overwhelming--borderline abusive--use of emoticons on this forum?

 

[ar2388]

i'm not gonna lie:

sometimes if i'm on facebook or sending an email, there are emoticons from sdn that i reeeeeeeally need.

especially these: , ,

i fantasize about using them.

 

[ngkats]

I am, dammit. But, at least we don't have to deal with those annoying foreign people and their ridiculously repetitive period replacing smilies:D Those bastards put it after nearly every sentence:D I can't f*cking take that ****:D



Don't give up, dammit.

I finally have a comrade...

and I'll never give up

 

[cubssox2000]

While the dancing bananas/locks give me the shivers the die banana emoticon induces a euphoria.

I LOVE the die banana!

 

[DrQuack247]

I agree with the original poster.

Emoticons, particularly the jittery ones are annoying. The people that use them the most seem to have all found this thread. hmmmm...

But of course there's nothing wrong with using them! Just like there's nothing wrong with being incompetent, a ******, or overweight.

I swear I'm not being sarcastic.

 

[student1799]

I'm back and forth about this all the time. I was originally a really traditional type who thought emoticons were idiotic, but I've also learned that they can be useful. Since there's no such thing as "tone" on the internet, it can be awfully easy to misunderstand a poster's intentions, and this can cause hurt feelings. (This has even happened to me in email correspondence with people I know well.) Emoticons can head off some of that trouble by making it obvious what your tone is supposed to be.

Besides, the "die banana!" smiley is hard to resist. (I love the "barf" one too, but I haven't found an excuse to use it yet.)

 

[Anotherface]

These two have me growing on me as I've spent more time on this forum.

I LOVE the die banana!

We should start a club.