I’m sorry but...
I have to insist that emoticons are evil. (And awful). I will admit to having tried them once, but I didn’t inhale and I felt really cheap and tawdry afters.
posted by Stella Magdalen @ 6/19/2006 06:23:00 PM
Monday, June 19, 2006
About Me
- Name: Stella Magdalen
- Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
I think all I want to say here is that these words and pictures are really real, and I made them. I get about the whole international creative property laws and issues stuff, and it's the net, and blah blah blah but I'd rather you sent cool people here, than post my stuff anywhere.
Previous Posts
- Fessin’ up
- Earworm of the AM
- The Bat House skull
- The legitimate skin pop
- Oooh all the pretty colours
- Hmmph
- Soft To Touch
- Watch me now
- Shoo-dang
- I simply-
2 Comments:
I wonder if it was the surprise emoticon from my blog that set you off. I didn't realize it would take my punctuation and turn it into a bright yellow smiley face.
If it was me, I apologize. It wasn't intentional.
I may edit it out, but better yet feel free to go back to the blog and state your opposition there!
It may be OK to use them once every 50 posts? Or maybe one in 100? There is some balance somewhere -- but more than once per post is clearly way way over a line that we would agree should not be crossed. And I'd certainly agree that using them once a day was twisted. But very very occasional use doesn't bug me too much -- it is just distracting.
My contention is that any continued use of them after one's initial, flirting trial, really saps one's credibility factor.
I can't say that I think there is any balance to be had with them, other than adamant refusal to cave in to internet peer pressure.
The same with all those tardbox words like LOL, ROTFL and LMAO, awful, just awful.
The only one I can even begin to tolerate is IMO which at least leaves the vague impression of being similiar to re: and etc.
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