you're awesome. they're way better than the standard emojis

2/27/2023 4:38:17 PM

back when TWW started we called them emoticons

2/27/2023 5:24:35 PM

emoshikons

Laquanda Emoshikon Blount

2/27/2023 5:42:49 PM

^^ok so it isn’t just me that thought that

Not that there’s anything wrong with that

2/27/2023 6:13:34 PM

They are definitely emoticons

2/27/2023 6:19:15 PM

2/27/2023 6:36:00 PM

[Edited on February 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM. Reason : ]

2/27/2023 7:00:45 PM

Emoticons were made explicitly from text.

Observe:

:-)

2/27/2023 10:11:39 PM

Nope. Calling all smileys emoji instead of emoticons is the biggest retcon in history

2/27/2023 10:19:03 PM

2/27/2023 11:34:45 PM

2/28/2023 12:19:53 AM

I'm not saying the TWW smileys are emojis, but not being emojis doesn't automatically make them emoticons.

Fight me!

2/28/2023 1:38:14 AM

They are a classic example of emoticons

2/28/2023 2:07:55 AM

They are emoji in the sense that the pictograms themselves have a text representation that is rendered graphically.

They are not emoji in the Unicode sense because they aren't formal characters defined in Unicode's symbol set for emoji.

They aren't emoticons in the classic sense because they are rendered graphically instead of being purely text.

Personally, I think it's fine to call them emoji. I think I've always called the ones on T-Dub smileys. I think it's also fine to call them emoticons, because the word "emoji" didn't really take off in the US until much later, and that's the general word for some kind of smiley in a text message a lot of people knew.

2/28/2023 7:29:21 AM

2/28/2023 7:51:13 AM

^^ emoticons does sound better.
emoji sounds like a japanese word for some reason
cause of the "ji"

2/28/2023 8:31:24 AM

That's because it is a Japanese word.

2/28/2023 8:59:29 AM

^^
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LOL!

2/28/2023 9:25:08 AM

Hmm. guess the "emo" part isn't relating to "emote" then. funny coincidence.

2/28/2023 12:19:57 PM

Quote :

"They aren't emoticons in the classic sense because they are rendered graphically instead of being purely text."

It's almost like the definition of emoticon evolved as technology advanced so people could actually post little animated smiley faces instead of using text characters.

These things were 100% referred to as emoticons in the era between the dark ages of the early 90s and the rise of smartphones.

2/28/2023 12:21:52 PM

Maybe by you. . .

2/28/2023 12:26:26 PM

AND EVERYONE ELSE BESIDES YOU FUCKES

2/28/2023 12:45:24 PM

I just said it's fine to call them emoticons. But they are not a "classic example" of emoticons as you said. Classically, emoticons are not images.

[Edited on February 28, 2023 at 12:52 PM. Reason : Post #51,711. ]

2/28/2023 12:50:46 PM

Classically they are also not emoji because they existed long before emoji came into the English language.

2/28/2023 1:23:48 PM

The Egyptians pioneered the first classical emojis, IMHO

2/28/2023 1:29:20 PM

the sphinx really got that dawg in him

[Edited on February 28, 2023 at 2:15 PM. Reason : y]

2/28/2023 2:14:27 PM

why don't you take the dick out of your fucking ears and read what i wrote again

2/28/2023 2:54:31 PM

they smilies though brah :333

2/28/2023 5:18:22 PM

and yeah, emoticon is specifically text-only

there's no room for debate there lol

2/28/2023 5:19:26 PM

My man! Justin be tilting at windmills.

2/28/2023 5:22:12 PM

I understand the viewpoint, I guess - with evolution of the meaning of a word with respect to usage by the majority of the populace, and how the definition changes slightly (or more slightly) over time

like I would argue that nauseous is one of those words, even though it doesn't actually mean afflicted with nausea. also I don't like how nauseated sounds - I guess I'm technically wrong on that too tho - but idk.. one of you scholars can come up with better ideas here

I guess we can all agree to disagree, and support our troops

half support country music, half rock 'n roll, let's listen in

2/28/2023 5:26:33 PM

Quote :

"Justin be tilting at windmills"

They're giants, you asshole

[Edited on February 28, 2023 at 5:54 PM. Reason : Here, let me use an emoticon to express my feelings ]

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