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fallacycop Member (Idle past 5548 days) Posts: 692 From: Fortaleza-CE Brazil Joined: |
Parasomnium writes:
I think you two are getting old. I say yes to emoticons
Hoot Mon writes: Emoticons and smilies have zero literary value. They usualy appear as pimples on the face of an already blemished writing. Now there's something we can agree on! I especially liked your Shakespeare example. The use of emoticons should be discouraged as much as possible, in favour of the teaching of good writing. Words should speak for themselves.
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Fosdick  Suspended Member (Idle past 5527 days) Posts: 1793 From: Upper Slobovia Joined: |
Ringo writes:
Paraphrasing an old proverb: ...it's better to use a smilie to indicate that you're joking than to have people think you're just an idiot. It’s better to keep your emoticons private and let people think you’re an idiot than to make them public and remove all doubt. ”HM
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
fallacycop writes: I say yes to emoticons And I say yes to sarcasm, irony, pastiche, proverbs, literary allusions and many more of those beautiful constructs you can make with words alone. If I want pictures, I'll read a comic, thank you very much.
I think you two are getting old. O dear, you're a rookie, aren't you? Metaphors be with you.
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kuresu Member (Idle past 2540 days) Posts: 2544 From: boulder, colorado Joined: |
what about poe's law? we all saw how easily jon was fooled when gasby and AIG were messing around in herepton's thread. they didn't use emoticons.
I say keep/use the emoticons. we are emotive creatures, and online writing does not lend itself to the vast amount of facial expressions we use in daily speech. emoticons help remedy that problem.
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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Hoot Mon writes: It’s better to keep your emoticons private and let people think you’re an idiot than to make them public and remove all doubt. If you're going to trumpet the virtues of literacy, turning a proverb on its head might not be the best way to do it. You, of all people, desparately need emoticons. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Parasomnium writes: And I say yes to sarcasm.... Remember that we deal with a lot of very literal-minded people around here.If not for them, the place need not exist. Some of them wouldn't recognize sarcasm, etc. if it sat down beside them in church.The emoticons are for them. And for those of us who tend to be a tad forceful, the emoticons signal to our friends that our words are meant to bite their heads off only figuratively. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Some of them wouldn't recognize sarcasm, etc. if it sat down beside them in church. The emoticons are for them. They're welcome to them. If my sarcasm amounts to pearls before swine, then they have a problem, not I. I just enjoy writing it.
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Fosdick  Suspended Member (Idle past 5527 days) Posts: 1793 From: Upper Slobovia Joined: |
And for those of us who tend to be a tad forceful, the emoticons signal to our friends that our words are meant to bite their heads off only figuratively.
emoticons : literature :: saltpeter : sex MHOIAW ”HM
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1494 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
emoticons : literature :: saltpeter : sex You mean, they have no effect whatsoever?
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Fosdick  Suspended Member (Idle past 5527 days) Posts: 1793 From: Upper Slobovia Joined: |
emoticons : literature :: saltpeter : sex
You mean, they have no effect whatsoever? MHOIAW ”HM
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1494 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
I'm not sure I take your meaning. You wouldn't be hitting below the belt, would you?
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Fosdick  Suspended Member (Idle past 5527 days) Posts: 1793 From: Upper Slobovia Joined: |
I'm not sure I take your meaning. You wouldn't be hitting below the belt, would you?
Yeah, it was a groin shot. Sorry, but you hung 'em out there. Take a knee. ”HM
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1494 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
Sorry, but you hung 'em out there. When they're this big, they do dangle.
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Buzsaw Inactive Member |
If this thread serves no other useful purpose it is very entertaining.
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Taz Member (Idle past 3319 days) Posts: 5069 From: Zerus Joined: |
In the time that I've been here, I haven't seen any thread dedicated to quote mining members here just for fun. Would I be breaking or pushing any forum guideline by starting one?
Disclaimer: Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style. He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!
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