I vote DUD since there's very little else more apt to make me run screaming from any figure on the internet. They seem particularly popular with vague nerds introducing themselves on Messenger after seeing my OKCupid profile. Maybe it's just residual self-loathing from my own anime days, but I just hate the things. Are there any legitimate uses?
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 7 June 2008 22:43 (seventeen years ago)
I think they're cute. But then I am a vague nerd, so what do I know.
― StanM, Saturday, 7 June 2008 22:50 (seventeen years ago)
there's a few medical uses.
― s1ocki, Saturday, 7 June 2008 22:50 (seventeen years ago)
t(-_-t)
― bnw, Saturday, 7 June 2008 22:51 (seventeen years ago)
I find them irritating, but much less so than SMS shorthand like 2 for to (or should that be 2 4 to) and l8 for late and that sort of crap.
― Fred Nerk, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)
uh-oh
― Just got offed, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:07 (seventeen years ago)
i don't mind most, but i hate ^_^
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:14 (seventeen years ago)
(@ )( @)
― libcrypt, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:18 (seventeen years ago)
i like that one because it looks like titties
― latebloomer, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:19 (seventeen years ago)
nice
― s1ocki, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:26 (seventeen years ago)
Which is better greeting titties or smile?
― libcrypt, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:39 (seventeen years ago)
smiling titties
― latebloomer, Sunday, 8 June 2008 01:40 (seventeen years ago)
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:14 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link
this is my fav emoticon i think
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 8 June 2008 01:40 (seventeen years ago)
I find myself using ;_; for ironic/just kidding sad, and :( for real genuine sad. :(
― ledge, Sunday, 8 June 2008 01:51 (seventeen years ago)
yeah exactly - it's like having more vocabulary! i feel similar abt shorter words for internet/txting purposes i never had my own anime days tho
― rrrobyn, Sunday, 8 June 2008 03:52 (seventeen years ago)
;_;
― DG, Sunday, 8 June 2008 07:50 (seventeen years ago)
o_O thread
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:26 (seventeen years ago)
(///_-)
EMO
― ledge, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:30 (seventeen years ago)
(///,_,-)
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:38 (seventeen years ago)
(///,_;) ?
― ledge, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:40 (seventeen years ago)
cute kitty in a box!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Shii.png
― ledge, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:41 (seventeen years ago)
\m\(>.<)/m/
equals 'throwing horns'
― Oilyrags, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:46 (seventeen years ago)
8======D~~~~(@ )( @)~~~~C====8
― Slumpman, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:55 (seventeen years ago)
(///,_;) (@ )( @)~~~~C====8 8======D~~~
― Slumpman, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:57 (seventeen years ago)
^_^ = smirk :) = grin
― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:57 (seventeen years ago)
<" ,,)~ <" ,,)~ <" ,,)~
mice!
― miryam, Sunday, 8 June 2008 19:01 (seventeen years ago)
-- Slumpman, Sunday, June 8, 2008 2:57 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
ascii is not safe for work
― and what, Sunday, 8 June 2008 19:19 (seventeen years ago)
._______________.
― thorn, Sunday, 8 June 2008 20:57 (seventeen years ago)
stewie: <o________o>
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 8 June 2008 23:15 (seventeen years ago)
These are actually the standard smileys used in Asia (or at least Japan), if you get a cellphone over here they come built in for text messaging. No penises, though.
― adamj, Sunday, 8 June 2008 23:33 (seventeen years ago)
in-phone penis would be weird
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 8 June 2008 23:37 (seventeen years ago)
8====== =====D~ ~~~
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 8 June 2008 23:45 (seventeen years ago)
my japanese phone comes with 99 different emoticons (plus a good couple of hundred picture icons)! i didn't know there were so many nuances of emotion you needed to get across in a message.
― permanent resolution, Monday, 9 June 2008 00:58 (seventeen years ago)
Are you sure that isn't... you know... Japanese?
― kenan, Monday, 9 June 2008 01:08 (seventeen years ago)
>_<;
― permanent resolution, Monday, 9 June 2008 02:15 (seventeen years ago)
I do kinda have to admit to liking the >_< type ones - there's not much the side-smileys can do to really compete.
I should say that my annoyance with these things should not be seen as applying to places where anime-style smiles are culturally normative.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 June 2008 03:46 (seventeen years ago)
i like this one for mock horror verging on real horror... or shame D:
― gregory first world, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 10:57 (seventeen years ago)
i love'em but sadly don't know the meaning of most of these emoticons. my japanese friends keep adding'em to their mails and messages. i think they are much better than :-) and the like. who lies down to smile when posting to internet anyway?
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 11:04 (seventeen years ago)
ツ
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 25 September 2008 10:56 (sixteen years ago)
¬_¬
― ILX Systern (ken c), Thursday, 25 September 2008 11:51 (sixteen years ago)
¬_¬ (@ )( @)...
― ILX Systern (ken c), Thursday, 25 September 2008 11:52 (sixteen years ago)