I decided to do a post on emoticons. (Actually, i did a part of this a few months back but it was saved into my draft, lol!)
Smileys are damn important in online chat/sms, do you not agree?
Just go check your facebook comments or your sms. How many of you dont have "lol", "haha" or any smiley face? Im pretty sure that every message will have at least one of the above. But have you ever wondered why?
Heh, im actually one of those people who brainstorm about such stupid topic because when i reply to people and dont "decorate" my reply, i always wonder how the other person would feel. Anyway, there are times where i dont feel like putting "haha" or (: because i thought that i was overdoing it. However, it seems... cold. Ok, you just compare the following two sentences:
You should watch the movie. Damn nice :DVSYou should watch the movie. Damn nice.
Do you get a different feeling? Most people, when they dont see a "lol", "haha" or any smiley face, they'll immediately think that the other person is angry/dont want to continue the conversation. Yes, it is normal to think that way because every other person does it. But sometimes, just sometimes, i really dont feel like typing it because im not even laughing or smiling. Seriously lor, its only purpose in the sentence is to "liven" things up.
Weird huh?
And i would like to ask, why do people like to put "..."?
Im not criticizing anyone. But i find it rather interesting that people type "..." instead of leaving a simple blank. I know sometimes you have to put "..." for that certain effect. But what if you do it in every sentence? Like this:
Hi.... i am seventeen this year and i study in SP... I love to eat chocolate... Im also a huge kpop fan... what about you?
Im not saying its irritating or anything. Just wondering (:
Now you know how bored i am to even think about such stuff, haha. (PS, im not really laughing.)
And, i realised that many people type their smiley face like this:
:)
Me, however, type it like this:
(:
Why? Cause you usually put smiley face at the end of a sentence and at the end of the sentence, there is a full stop. I think its weird and quite ugly. Dont understand? Compare:
Hi there, i am bored.:)
Hi there, i am bored.(:
omg, the eyes and the full stop look so ugly when they're connected together! Even without full stop:
Hi there, i am bored :)
Hi there, i am bored (:
Dont you feel that the second sentence gives a more "complete" feeling... or is it just me? And when i type the diao face, i type it like this:
=.=' or =.=
instead of
-.- or -.-'
Cause double eyelids look better ma! If i want to show a super diao face, i just type -______- cute hor? ^^
And instead of ^.^ or ^__^ or ^-^ or ^~^ i just put ^^. Actually, i think that ^-^ and ^___^ look nicer but i lazy to type so much, hahahahahha!
And my blur face is ._______. while others might be ~.~
Lastly, my crying face can be )': or T___T. I never type T.T because firstly, you have to let go of the shift button when pressing the fullstop (very troublesome ah). Plus, it looks as though as the face is squashed together.
And some of the really cute but complex emoticons:
(/)_-) It means that you're placing one of your hand on your face. Like when you go alamak!
(///_-) This one means diao face with emo hair... like Ryan's. But now his hair much shorter so not very emo liao, lol!
(o^-^o) Blushing face
A(^_^;; This is ingenious! It means someone is asking for forgiveness because the "A" is your hands clasp together. Like when doing the SJ's "Sorry sorry" dance. The (^_^ is the side profile of a face while ;; means you're in cold sweat... i think.
Very fun to decipher right? hahaha, the language of emoticons! So how do you type your emoticons?
:)
Me, however, type it like this:
(:
Why? Cause you usually put smiley face at the end of a sentence and at the end of the sentence, there is a full stop. I think its weird and quite ugly. Dont understand? Compare:
Hi there, i am bored.:)
Hi there, i am bored.(:
omg, the eyes and the full stop look so ugly when they're connected together! Even without full stop:
Hi there, i am bored :)
Hi there, i am bored (:
Dont you feel that the second sentence gives a more "complete" feeling... or is it just me? And when i type the diao face, i type it like this:
=.=' or =.=
instead of
-.- or -.-'
Cause double eyelids look better ma! If i want to show a super diao face, i just type -______- cute hor? ^^
And instead of ^.^ or ^__^ or ^-^ or ^~^ i just put ^^. Actually, i think that ^-^ and ^___^ look nicer but i lazy to type so much, hahahahahha!
And my blur face is ._______. while others might be ~.~
Lastly, my crying face can be )': or T___T. I never type T.T because firstly, you have to let go of the shift button when pressing the fullstop (very troublesome ah). Plus, it looks as though as the face is squashed together.
And some of the really cute but complex emoticons:
(/)_-) It means that you're placing one of your hand on your face. Like when you go alamak!
(///_-) This one means diao face with emo hair... like Ryan's. But now his hair much shorter so not very emo liao, lol!
(o^-^o) Blushing face
A(^_^;; This is ingenious! It means someone is asking for forgiveness because the "A" is your hands clasp together. Like when doing the SJ's "Sorry sorry" dance. The (^_^ is the side profile of a face while ;; means you're in cold sweat... i think.
Very fun to decipher right? hahaha, the language of emoticons! So how do you type your emoticons?
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