Hi, my name's Sy and sometimes I loose my patience! Lol...
And I have to admit...sometimes it's for the silliest reasons you may think of.
This time it's....emoticons....or in general speaking terms...smileys!
Don't you simply hate them sometimes?
You see... I certainly do. Especially when you are having what you can categorize as a nice/ pleasant/ interesting conversation with someone by chat, expecting an acceptable answer for what you just wrote...when suddenly...":-p". And you just don't know what you should understand behind that emoticon, let stand...what you should answer.
It is a fact... interactions are becoming more and more digital and sophisticated each day. And with the sophistication, some of it also gets inpersonal...and irrationally silly and nonsensical.
Wait, do you have a vivid imagination? Well then, picture the next scene...
You, sitting face to face with a friend in a cafe...having something to drink while chit-chatting about the latest comings and goings in your lifes. Suddenly your friend tells you something really outrageous he/she went through, and you reply "hey, but that's AM-A-ZINGGG!!! Wow!!!!". And your friends simply looks at you, smiles and then sticks out his/her tongue...
(O.o)
Ahum, yup...I see you smiling at the stupidity of the scenario...(^_^). But, hey, that's what happens digitally (almost) every day...
What in the whole wide world should that mean?? Really bro, what -the-hell?
Shouldn't emoticons be mostly used to reinforce your message instead of telling a whole story? I mean,...hey in some situations the meaning of the emoticon is indeed pretty obvious. For example if you're telling someone how much you've missed them and you're having a total lovey-dovey conversation...and that person sends you a heart emoticon.....(sigh) hmmmmm the message is most definitely obvious. But then in yet other cases that emoticon won't really make much sense standing there on it's own in the middle of a conversation...
My problem ain't the existence of the cute emoticons. Don't get me wrong, I love 'em! Especially when people come up with new ones...so perfect.
My problem's actually when we, people, tend to use 'em in places where they don't even touch the home-plate. As mere space fillers...filling the place where there would probably have been an awkward silence, a mean comment, for fake politeness...or simply substituting an oratory you where just not ready or willing to give yet.
Where would chat conversations be, if it wasn't only for the support of the "Super Smiley"? (pfff)I bet some conversations wouldn't have lasted more than two seconds after "hi"....
Hey bro....don't feel all weird now... I'm guilty too here!
But hey, you know, just saying...
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