Throwing down the gauntlet (smileyface deleted)

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I am going to challenge myself to use no emoticons for one week (<3s excluded, because <3s are not emoticons, they are A WAY OF LIFE).


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I am imagining the next seven days without emoticons. My fingers itch already.

Comments

[ciaran-h.livejournal.com]

That's... got to be pretty hard.

To me, smileys are an integral part of my communication on the Internet, because otherwise there's really not a good way of concisely saying "Despite what I just said, here's how I feel about the situation", or dropping hints.

":)" and ":(" are, to me, as essential a part of one's Internet vocabulary as English words are. So going without them, for me, would be hard.

And yes, I've realised the irony that I'm making this comment without any smileys in it. ;p (although... there's one. So, um.)

Anyway. Good luck! :D (...and another. Heh.)

[pauamma]

Including on IRC? :-)

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

Man... I SHOULD DO THIS. I use them as too much of a crutch. I've actually had several people comment on my overuse of emoticons. (And not only that, but I've started abusing tildes, too~)

Heeee, I'm glad that you're still going to use the less-than-threes, though. <33333

[pastles.livejournal.com]

:O!!! GOOD LUCK! o(^___^)o

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[lacey]

Good luck.

I would die.