Emoticons — the Plight of Communication
Junk: 07.12.07 
Observations
Could there be a more meaningless form of communication that the internet has brought about then emoticons? O.k. if I think about that too long I start to think of some others, such as abbreviations for meaningless sayings like “LOL”. Who in their right mind is actually laughing out loud when the type that? Nobody. I find these both to be a regressive form of communication that in turn actually communicate the user is a mongoloid. I recently received an email from a friend who ended the first sentence with a smiley-face emoticon at which point I stopped reading and hit the delete key.
8 comments ↓
=)
what’s communitaction?
Kelley,
not sure do you mean: communication?
“=)” does this mean you are very happy about what you read?
=) means i’m mildly amused. and thank you for adjusting your atrocious misspelling.
emoticons complement the textual portions; u don’t need them per se but they do make things easier (and more cheery too)
Tanna,
yes, easier; but for whom the reader or the writer?
i’d like to think they make things easier for both parties
@Tanna, as a reader i can say i rarely understand a persons emotional state any better if they include an emoticon or not. is this ”
” really what your face looks like when you smile?
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