mobygamer (92) on 12/18/2009 9:45 PM · Permalink · Report
Nah, i am not going to talk about knitting, even though i am very tempted to do so. The purpose of this topic is to talk about smileys and traits in speech in our fellow mobygamers. I have noticed Rabbi never uses smiles, Pseudo uses the 8) smiley alot, Erkenbrand occasionally uses :o) and Unicorn only uses the :) smiley. If i am mistaken please correct me.
Pseudo_Intellectual (66248) on 12/18/2009 10:29 PM · Permalink · Report
Way back in the dark ages when I was learning about the so-called "emoticons", I was taught that 8) was a smilie wearing glasses, as I wear. So I stuck with it. Really it's a grammatical scourge, but I can't seem to shake it after all these years.
Slug Camargo (583) on 12/18/2009 10:46 PM · Permalink · Report
Ha, you should see me on Messenger to know what a true victim of emoticon sickness is.
I remember I started writing some note for someone on paper, and I had to fight back the impulse to put emoticons just about every four words o__O
Slug Camargo (583) on 12/19/2009 4:01 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Kitsune Sniper wrote--]MSN SMILIES ARE THE FUCKING DEVIL [/Q --end Kitsune Sniper wrote--]
BurningStickMan (17916) on 12/19/2009 8:56 AM · Permalink · Report
Eh, you're not a real dork until you graduate to some kind of twisted combo of emoticons and ASCII art. Like @-->-->-- roses and <(-)> Yoda.
Unicorn Lynx (181788) on 12/19/2009 8:45 AM · Permalink · Report
Before, I used many different kinds of smileys.
Back when I was young and handsome ;D, just like you are now :D, I used smileys for this kind of irony, or for meaner purposes, which you wouldn't understand because you only have 89 points :p. I would even get naughty :)~. But of course, a good healthy laugh was always welcome :)). I used to laugh a lot :))) And if I had a good mood :-) or felt happy :-)), I would sometimes tell jokes ;) Funny jokes ;)) Sometimes very funny jokes ;-)), some of which were weird :-D. But naturally, sometimes I was sad :(, even very sad :((, angry :-((, or just in a queer mood :0. Lots of things could surprise me :O, or annoy me :/.
Now I've become more reserved. A tiny bit of irony is all an old guy like me needs :)
MZ per X (3017) on 12/19/2009 12:42 PM · Permalink · Report
Personally, I think it's important that smileys all have a nose because there's so many things you can do with it.
- Surfing the internet you sometimes just need to follow your nose.
- You can pick one's nose, or even your own.
- You can thumb your nose at someone.
- You can look down your nose at so many other people.
- You can have other people rubbing your nose in something.
- ...and much more...
You get the idea. ;o))
St. Martyne (3648) on 12/19/2009 4:14 PM · Permalink · Report
I call my smilies "winkies" because I always use a semicolon.