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Textfaces? (͡•_ ͡• ) Regular emoji? 🤔 Old school smileys? :-)

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[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My usage is fairly restricted:

  • old school :^) for non-sarcastic irony
  • (¬¬) for eye rolling
  • shorthand emojis (e.g. if talking about Stardew Valley, instead of "the four hearts event" I might type "the 4♥ event")
  • as a way to avoid a specific word for metalinguistic reasons (e.g. "⟨dog⟩ is the signifier, 🐶 is the signified")
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