Smilies

[Aemilius Paulus]

Ha! I found the perfect revenge:

Take that you smilies! I deny your very existence - that is even worse than genocide!!


@Gregoshi: Yeah, I eventually learned that it is better to use smilies and look like a little kid than to not use them, and look like an obnoxious delinquent. Infractions are a great way of making people learn

And plus, like Husar said, .Org has the best smilies, or as far as I have seen on the Net. The selection is truly titanic, and the smilies are simple and elegant, doing just their purpose without any over-exaggeration or embellishment (or peculiar/embarrassing colours). Also, they are not fuzzy like the TWC ones (does anyone else get the same feeling - their smilies are not as high-fidelity as the ones here...).

I still needed the thread to vent, though

[Subotan]

They do love them

[HoreTore]

I'm a heavy body language user.

And because of that, I find it quite hard to express myself when I can't use it.... So, smilies are a good tool to get my exact meaning across.

Also, once you've engaged with females through sms, you're stuck with the disease.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Also, once you've engaged with females through sms, you're stuck with the disease.

And what is that?

[Lemur]

I have an ambivalent relationship with smilies; I hate using them myself, but I'm okay with other people larding them on.

[Husar]

Also, once you've engaged with females through sms, you're stuck with the disease.

Smiley usage is an STD?

I usually try not to use too many, but sometimes it seems inevitable.

[Subotan]

I only really use and and maybe .

[Meneldil]

Internet is all about being cool and moderately offensive.

While in real life you'd grin to show that you're not really an ass and are just pretending to be cool, on teh intraweb you use a

[Centurion1]

well see i now plan on assaulting SFTS protestantism with my every post in the same thread with him. however, i will include a clown smilie so that people do know i dont actually think he is a heretic to