Smilies

[Aemilius Paulus]

I hate them. They make me sound like a little kid or some immature teen (yah, I know, shuddup ) but I find that if I do not use them, then so much of what I say appears mildly to moderately insulting. IRL, that same stuff would not hurt a fly (although some of the stuff prolly could), but without the context of speech, online, it can quickly turn offensive without the intention of doing so.

In fact, it felt like half the infractions I got were misunderstandings that could have been remedied by smilies (of course, the other half was still because I was an ****). But I hate smilies. I dislike being banned since I miss all the Backroom debates, so I have a paradox. Eventually, with too many bans, I decided to go all out, and unleash the plague of the smilies. So far, I am totally clean since my last winter, month-long vacation - which coincided with my Uni vacation (hugs & kisses and Merry Late Christmas Ser Clegane ).

So it's working. But I hate smilies. They screw up perfectly serious posts in the Backroom and make me look like a dunce in the middle of a bunch of professors (intermingled with some freshman students, if I daresay so )


And also, I use the : tongue : too much. Damn the tongue Asdgsdhagadrfighpoderuadhersy;sdrihyaeroiaehrjhoyhsez)(@%^(_#!^79*%@2)*@#_1)!@+^!.....


Grrrr...




Any thoughts? I actually read in one of my textbooks that smilies can and should be used in official e-mails precisely because so much of what we say is body language (which is not conveyable because the cursed smilies apparently clog the tubes)...



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What? Agfhasdgkasudgu!!!!

I should take a break...

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SMILIE GENOCIDE!!!!!11

[CrossLOPER]

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[a completely inoffensive name]

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[Aemilius Paulus]

Hey, that has swears in it, he is going to get an infraction point like I did...right?

I thought B-word and D-word were alright, since they are often used in semi-vulgar manner. I also read that when you say 'he/she was about that' - it is fine to utilise the B_word. I remember hearing it in a G-rated animated film, and according to http://www.usingenglish.com/ - great site for word usage BTW, such use of the B-word is indeed acceptable.

Not sure about the demotivator though. Shame, it is amusing in its own vulgar and random manner. However, the first line did make me cringe a little... Meh...


Anyhow, life is not fair, ACIN. I too had very similar situations to yours :hugs: Also, snitches get stiches

[jabarto]

I take college classes online. Apparently the online campus is an acceptable envrionment in which to use emoticons, because a lot of people do it. Even the teachers.

I don't know if that's releveant but then again I"m not sure what the point of this thread is.

[CountArach]

Swearing is not appropriate content for the Org. This is a PG forum and as such a strict no-swearing policy is enforced. All further discussions of it should be taken to the Watchtower.

[Cute Wolf]

Swearing is not appropriate content for the Org. This is a PG forum and as such a strict no-swearing policy is enforced. All further discussions of it should be taken to the Watchtower.

[Beskar]

Well, this topic was killed and shut down before it even got off the ground.

Some of you need to throughly wash your keyboard with soap.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Anyhow, life is not fair, ACIN. I too had very similar situations to yours :hugs: Also, snitches get stiches

I thought snitches get riches. Or at least a relocation to hawaii where after being tracked down, an assassination attempt with the use of snakes on a plane is implemented only to be stopped by the biggest ****** on the planet.

[Husar]

Smileys, smilies and smilees are necessary, as you said, to show body language and emotions, to provide necessary data in addition to the text that would otherwise make you sound like one of them big aliens in Mass Effect: "jokingly, hey buddy, what's poppin'?"; "sad, my grandfather just got an infraction on the org" etc.

I think one of the reasons they make you look a bit stupid at times is the choice of colour and that they are usually in a comic style. But I'm rather happy with the ones we have here, compared to those in ICQ they're really great.

[Gregoshi]

I can see the point AP is making, but in my mind smilies have emotipros and emoticons.

The comic nature of smilies Husar mentions takes some seriousness away from serious discussion, but I'd rather the meaning of my words be made clear via the internet body language of emoticons than chance a misinterpretation (always in the worst way it seems). AP, try concetrating more on the meaning of the emoticon than the actual picture and visualize yourself doing it in a face to face discussion.

As for over using trying looking for subtle variations on it base on the discussion context. Some possible alternatives:

[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

[drone]

[Aemilius Paulus]

Yeeess?

[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

[Hax]

This topic gives me a headache.

Well, off to meditation I guess.