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I still do

“;-;” conveys a fundamentally different vibe as compared to 😭, even if both nominally mean “crying”

Same for “:)” vs. 🙂

It makes me sad that in many chat programs anymore, expressing joy or general contentment with “carat-underscore-carat” is no longer supported.

Alas, even here

^_^

Shows as “sup” between angle brackets. :(

I first got on the Internet just as the shift from :-) to :) was happening, only geezers still used :-) and :) was the hip new thing…

My fav is giving one of theses

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and if they don’t get the message

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I’ve of my faves was: \m/ (>_<) \m/

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[]D ][ []\/[] []D ][ []\[]

XD

:3

Oh God it’s me… I’m old now.

I don’t like the pictures… I always prefer to use text except for when something really disgusts me, then I happen to like “🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮”

( . )( . ) ?

Kids today just won’t understand. T__T

I still do :/

Timeless. Emoji’s take too much time and have less “soul”.