The emoticon on here I do not even bother using. Looks like an HS kid designed them...
Without riling the mods too badly (sorry Kat/ Sea!) I was kind of thinking the same thing. The emoticons we had before the makeover were better. The ones I posted are clever and there are lots more out there. The ones we have... well.. I mean like...
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Post a question on Social media then all you get are memes or gifs... It's annoying, now get off my lawn.
They can be a bit much and I should probably curb the tendency. In a way though, it makes sense that they are used because words only make up about 7% of communication- the rest is tone of voice, facial expressions and body language. So a meme can augment written communication.
What drives me nuts the most are acronyms. Because so many people today communicate with smart phones, it becomes easier to abbreviate or use an acronym than it is to actually write the words. I find this both annoying and a bit lazy myself... but then have I ever typed "lol" or "b.s."? A few very common ones like that, sure. But when people write things like IDCWYMS for "I don't care what your mother says" (yes, I'm being a bit facetious but you get my drift)- that's when I shut 'er down!
Post a question on Social media then all you get are memes or gifs... It's annoying, now get off my lawn.
They can be a bit much and I should probably curb the tendency. In a way though, it makes sense that they are used because words only make up about 7% of communication- the rest is tone of voice, facial expressions and body language. So a meme can augment written communication.
What drives me nuts the most are acronyms. Because so many people today communicate with smart phones, it becomes easier to abbreviate or use an acronym than it is to actually write the words. I find this both annoying and a bit lazy myself... but then have I ever typed "lol" or "b.s."? A few very common ones like that, sure. But when people write things like IDCWYMS for "I don't care what your mother says" (yes, I'm being a bit facetious but you get my drift)- that's when I shut 'er down!
Go on any Bourbon or Beer site on FB and that's all it is.
I had to ask questions on what this meant.
FS/T for full Vert BCBS BW 15-18
LF DIPA 3FFF or BB
I was like WTF?!?
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brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,038
Post a question on Social media then all you get are memes or gifs... It's annoying, now get off my lawn.
They can be a bit much and I should probably curb the tendency. In a way though, it makes sense that they are used because words only make up about 7% of communication- the rest is tone of voice, facial expressions and body language. So a meme can augment written communication.
What drives me nuts the most are acronyms. Because so many people today communicate with smart phones, it becomes easier to abbreviate or use an acronym than it is to actually write the words. I find this both annoying and a bit lazy myself... but then have I ever typed "lol" or "b.s."? A few very common ones like that, sure. But when people write things like IDCWYMS for "I don't care what your mother says" (yes, I'm being a bit facetious but you get my drift)- that's when I shut 'er down!
Go on any Bourbon or Beer site on FB and that's all it is.
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I don't know about this forum but on twitter when you use the hashtag #Shameless it puts a Frank Gallagher emoticon in your message and that might be the greatest thing ever.
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I had to ask questions on what this meant.
FS/T for full Vert BCBS BW 15-18
LF DIPA 3FFF or BB
I was like WTF?!?
Detroit 2000, Detroit 2003 1-2, Grand Rapids VFC 2004, Philly 2005, Grand Rapids 2006, Detroit 2006, Cleveland 2006, Lollapalooza 2007, Detroit Eddie Solo 2011, Detroit 2014, Chicago 2016 1-2, Chicago 2018 1-2, Ohana Encore 2021 1-2, Chicago Eddie/Earthlings 2022 1-2, Nashville 2022, St. Louis 2022