Re: Smileys on this forum

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:10 pm

I was referring to the posts above yours. bawl

by Guest Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:18 pm

The one from July 2020?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:19 pm

I didn't want people to feel their suggestions had been ignored. bawl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:20 pm

PR is a major strategy of this forum and the reason it's grown so big. box

by Fangirl Three Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:21 pm

The emoji smileys are too small.

by Nightjar Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:46 pm

I really dislike modern emojis.

Hate them in fact.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:01 pm

Nightjar wrote:I really dislike modern emojis.

Hate them in fact.

by Guest Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:10 pm

Nightjar wrote:I really dislike modern emojis.

Hate them in fact.

by Fangirl Three Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:53 pm

I don't mind the emojis, what I do mind is people who decorate their tweets with them unnecessarily.

And even worse, people who substitute them for words in their tweets, unnecessarily.

We moved on from pictograms for a reason Colbert

by Nightjar Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:56 pm

These emojis aren't too bad admittedly.

It's the smartphone ones I detest.

There may be a squillion of them for every occasion but to me they're aesthetically ugly, soulless, naff and lazy beyond, literally, yes.. WURDZ!

Old school smileys are genius by comparison.

I've argued with people ~~at bus stops~~ that smileys like pet

are sublimely realised representations of, yes, actual E-MOTIONZ.

by Nightjar Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:04 pm

:wolno:

by Nightjar Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:08 pm

:sigh2:

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:30 pm

Does anyone want to second it? Remember, smileys need to be seconded to be adopted.

by Nightjar Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:49 pm

The 'sigh' one was just an afterthought BTW.

Although, the kitten one (that Butterpops scolded me for including text when I first suggested it) has come in very useful for me recently.

IMO, the only 'smiley' that captures genuine down-cast self-pity is 'sighkitten'.

However, 'sighkitten' is, IMO, a profoundly introspective and truly self-pitying expression, whereas Wolno

has an outwardly pleading quality akin to Gorilla No

.

Smileys on this forum are all about subtly sophisticated interpretations.

For me, Wolno

captures a sentiment somewhere between Golirrano and Kittensigh.

Basically, it's even more pathetic and contemptible.

Like if Oliver Twist was too scared to say "more?" to the gruel-meister.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:52 pm

:merman:

by Nightjar Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:58 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:35 pm

Is anyone going to second it? Remember, smileys have to be seconded to be adopted.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:53 pm

by Nightjar Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:59 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:06 pm

Is anyone going to second it?

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