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#21 ·
I don't think I've ever used too much smileys, but maybe less now than before.

Smileys has a purpose. eg. in a discussion, you can use smileys to make people understand that you are angry, in a bad mood, just kidding, or something else. When talking and discussing things with people on IRC, I put in smileys sometimes just to try to not create a "bad atmosphere" in the channel so that we can happily continue without getting pissed at each other for some stupid reason. I've seen this a few times, and smileys really helps out in these cases. Just try not to overdo it, some people put a smiley in, and between their sentences. It's enough to just put one of the end of SOME of your sentences (or lines, when talking on IRC)
 
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Exodus said:
they're just so damn AOL-speak
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dude, even when i did have AOL (hmm, 5 years ago or so? i think i got DSL for christmas in 2000 or 2001...) i didnt say lol or rofl or any of that.

in fact, here is a little story for everyone. you dont get to peer into hushypushy's gender confused (man or woman??), lesbian loving, juggling, photo taking, online privacy self very often (except through livejournal) but uh, here's one.

i started chatting online (like aim and stuff) probably in 7th grade. when i was a freshman in high school (9th grade, 15 years old) i got a girlfriend. we chatted on the phone and online all the time. eventually i guess it bothered her, but she came right and said, "matt, you talk like a freakin robot. you never use any emoticons, you never saw lol or haha or anything. i can never tell how you feel online". and it's true. i used to just type everything like i was saying it outloud. in real life you dont need to physically say "haha" or force an expression because the way you talk determines it. so from then on, i started using "haha" and certain smileys.

even later on when i started to meet more nerds like me (like my best friend chris, aka イタルナル１１ on the boards [yes i know the misspelling]) i started using more emoticons in my IRC and aim, like >_>, >_<, ^__^, @_@, and such and such.

so i guess it's like what D.D. said. originally i was trying to be so...cool...or something. either that or i was just an internet n00b. now i feel i can convey my feelings fairly well on the internet (and even convince people im a girl :evil:)
 
#23 ·
Now thaaats the word I was looking for... "tone".

hushy! EDIT that post of yours!!! :lol:
 
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#25 ·
I usually use 1 or 2 smilies per post just to make it clear I'm not trying to be offensive or attack the person I'm specifically replying to. But why would you need to make a smiley every few words is beyond me... unless you are having extremely rapid moodswings, that is :) (theres my 1 smiley :)) (and second).
 
#26 ·
エッリー said:
Click here for a recent example :p

Yours,
-E
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Well yes I use too much smileys:p so what is bothering in using them anyway??

As Cid said, it may change the meaning of what you are saying completly just by adding a smiley as
go to hell:mad:
go to hell :joke:

& also hushy point is not that wrong, me for example Arabic is my first language, although I studied english for 3 levels @ school for over than 17 years (since i was three) maybe studied more than enough :p
but sometimes people get me wrong (happened much to me) so i use smileys to change thier point of views from looking bad into my post to see what i really meant.
 
#27 ·
Exodus said:
they're just so damn AOL-speak
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lol!


;)




I use emoticons whenever im being sarcastic, jackass, or just being plain idiot looney. (which is like, every second sentece, making people think 'sheesh, what a moron' :rolleyes: )

Facial expressions and vocal tones are very important in communicating, especially in jokes and sarcasm and i use them a lot on RL conversations. Since those are impossible in online communicions, i use smileys to fill that hole.
 
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hushypushy said:
whatchu talkin about
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I demand some spoiler tags around the last line ;)

So anyway, you having a gf means you're a lesbian, interesting :evil:
 
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hushypushy said:
dude, even when i did have AOL (hmm, 5 years ago or so? i think i got DSL for christmas in 2000 or 2001...) i didnt say lol or rofl or any of that.
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same here. i've never used any of those devilish acronyms... unless making fun of someone for using them, ofcourse. ;)
 
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Discussion starter · #31 ·
you know a lot of my friends do say lol and rofl and whatnot, i dont give them crap about it though...it's just one of those things that i choose not to use myself
 
#34 ·
I use smileys because asian girls think they are cute. Especially if those smileys have hearts. Okay that and because a picture says more than a thousand words :p
 
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#36 ·
Yeah, even me was considered cute and that's something :lol:

I just use emoticons when talking in English as it's not my first language becase of.... well the reasons have been already mentioned.

One funny thing now: I was teaching english to a friend because he had some tests and when we started talking in english and he said something funny i actually said: LOL :rotflmao:
 
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