Unzumi
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Post by Unzumi on Jul 3, 2006 14:26:32 GMT -5
I always use o.o;; and ^^;;
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Ewali
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Post by Ewali on Jul 3, 2006 14:58:38 GMT -5
I mostly use >D because I don't like the XD... It just looks weird and isn't.. me. I hardly ever use it outside the Mucks though, for some reason. Actually I use :) a whole lot more on MSN and stuff, but on the Mucks, in the "Muck font", it ends up looking.. creepy for some reason, also due to people I've known there.
I love D:, though.
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Post by Msasi on Jul 3, 2006 15:08:10 GMT -5
I'm addicted to XD
I don't know why.. but. Yes. I also love >D :D D: @_@ o_o o_x .. and probably a million and four others.
But I only use them on MUCKs or when talking to MUCK people via aim or email. I hatehateHATE :) and I'm also not fond of :P. That last one is supposed to be playful or teasing, but in a lot of fonts it looks.. negative. Or something. I dunno. I don't like it. XD
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Ewali
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Post by Ewali on Jul 3, 2006 15:46:29 GMT -5
I always use :p as opposed to :P. I don't know, the capital P looks more rude or something.
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Post by Elimnyama on Jul 6, 2006 10:23:32 GMT -5
... I agree. I had to ask one of my best friends to stop using ' ' when talking to me online on instant messanger, just 'cause it was hard for me to tell if she was teasing me or just .. pissed for some reason. XD
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Post by Msasi on Jul 6, 2006 16:34:00 GMT -5
AIM changes most of the :) -type smilies into their little animated things. The ':P' one always looks like it's ill to me. XD
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Post by Shomoro on Jul 6, 2006 19:13:08 GMT -5
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that :) looks a little--strange--on its own. XD But AIM turns them into these adorable little blobs, so I've kind of gotten into the habit of using it.
I find :> to be a better alternative. I dunno why.
But I hatehatehate the :P emoticon, too. It always looked very negative and mocking and it kinda makes me want to slice off the rounded part of the letter and stab the user with the remaining stick (like this, see? |).
Yes, I hate it THAT much. XD I only use it when I'm reeaally upset about something. Now you guys know when to run for the hills!
Also, am I the only one who thinks that the winking faces look kinda negative too? ;) and ;> always struck me as irritated faces for some strange reason. I know not everyone uses them that way, but I use them when I'm annoyed.
Because I'm a weirdo. XD Yes.
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Post by Msasi on Jul 6, 2006 19:25:16 GMT -5
it kinda makes me want to slice off the rounded part of the letter and stab the user with the remaining stick (like this, see? |). You win teh_Internets. XD Anyway. I've never really been fond of any of the :) :( ;) type of emoticons. I dunno why, but they're weird to me and because of someone I knew who used them, they make me uncomfortable.. so I avoid using them as often as I can. Which is why I use :D and XD so much. For winking, I've always used n_- or ^_- and variations there of.
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Post by ankarri on Jul 6, 2006 20:25:58 GMT -5
I'd like to make an apology to anyone I might have offended using the " " or " " emoticons, because trust me, I know I use them a lot. I played a mud once (text-based game where you just run around with a character to gather equipment to gain better stats so you can beat better mobs and get even betters stats, etc.) and those two emoticons were the ones people used most often and as a result, so did I. I played this game for 4-5 years and when you've been at a place for so long, it's hard to put away the habits, I simply got used to using these emoticons. I must also point out that there never was a negative intention behind these emoticons when I've used them, I didn't mean to annoy, to show I was displeased or any such thing. But the good thing is that now I know a lot of people don't really like these emoticons, so I'll be trying to use some others ones instead
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Post by Msasi on Jul 6, 2006 21:11:46 GMT -5
I don't think there's a negative intention behind those emoticons.. it just almost looks that way because of the way the text makes it look. The :P emoticon is SUPPOSE to be flirty or teasing.. but in sans-serif text (text like on this message board, where the letters don't have the little extra 'tails') it almost looks like a person is just.. sticking their tongue out. Being negative. Use the :P face with a serif font like Times New Roman (where the P has little 'tails' on the bottom), when you look at it sideways (as you would view the smiley) then the 'tails' on the P make it look like the face is smiling and sticking out the tongue.. making it.. not negative). The problem then comes from.. the type of font used can change how the smiley looks. :P can come off looking negative when someone doesn't mean ti to be so. Likewise, somewhere else using a different font, someone could use it being sarcastic or mean.. but it looks like a POSITIVE sign because the different font makes it look happya dn teasing. Which.. is why I am not fond of those smileys too much. XD As for hatred towards the :) emoticon itself.. for me, it's personal, and comes from a player who is no longer around anymore. So I wasn't referring to anyone who is still around now. XD Edit: Yay for me being bored. XD
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Post by ankarri on Jul 6, 2006 21:19:20 GMT -5
Hehe, well, I just couldn't help but think "Whoopsie" when I saw everyone wasn't too fond the emoticons I happened to use most often.
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Unzumi
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Post by Unzumi on Jul 7, 2006 6:58:29 GMT -5
Hrr... See, Annie, I can't really tell a difference between the fonts. I mean, I CAN, but I can't tell that one is happy and one is sad o.o;; I use :P all the time, but usually like :P~~ and for me it's always been a teasing thing.. like, hey, I'm jokin'! Whenever it's supposed to have been an angry thing, for me it was always >:P THAT, to me, was ticked off ;P ... <-- See?!! G'durn habbits.
When I first starting MUCKing.. long after I discovered MUDs *<3 Ankarri, <3 killing mobs* it took me forever to figure out what XD was.. I always, always, always, ALWAYS read it to my self like, "Ex Dee," like the letters. I still do, sometimes o.o;;; Though hanging around so many people that use it I've gotten used to it ;P <-- Again, see?!?!
I think my ticked off emotes have either been -.-;;;;;; x.x;; >:P, >:/, >:F ... or just any variation that includes the >, 'cause.. well, it makes the eyebrows ^^;
On a sidenote: squee.
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Post by Msasi on Jul 7, 2006 10:21:45 GMT -5
Maybe that's just me and my IRL friends who feel that way, then. XD We have banned any use of the smiley. XD It just.. almost always comes off looking negative to me. *shrug* But, to each their own, I suppose. I've had people tell me they absolutely hate me using the XD thing so much. But I luvs it. Ain't changin' anytime soon.
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Post by makadara on Jul 15, 2006 2:49:56 GMT -5
Hmm first character was on African Tails, and recently I found Sunrise and was told it was African Tails and was like YAY!
Anyways, she was a lioness cub named Sayinsari. I know, it sounds like Say I'm Sorry. I just sorta pulled a name out and blam, somehow I got that one. She had a little boy friend named Zocor and lived in a little cave with a buncha young cubbies. She was created in.. I think 1997 or 98 after I got bored one night on Furcadia. She reached adulthood and fell in love with Leeuw.
Speaking of being scared of the wizzes I was scared of Nalina for some reason...
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Unzumi
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Post by Unzumi on Jul 15, 2006 6:33:03 GMT -5
.. Egads, I 'amember those names ;D
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