Overuse of Smilies

speederino · Feb 24, 2006

What is up with the rediculously prolific use of smilies in posts? The use of one, maybe two, doesn't bother me; those little wal-mart dudes are supposed to be used to communicate subtleties and nuance in writing that is lost when we can't use facial expression and tone of voice. That's great when they are used correctly.

Then I come across the occasional post that looks like this:
:awman:

:huh2::naughty::rock::rock: :poke:

:toilet:

:sleepy:
:buddies: :aaa:

:buddies::devil::nana: :popcorn:

:huh:

:scowl:

OK, so what exactly are they trying to say?? There is so much motion on the screen sometimes it makes me seasick.

Then there is the post that goes like this :ohgeez:

and then this :rant:

and then this:laughing:

this:naughty:
and this:ironic:

That's a doozie too.

I guess all I can say is

:wtf:

cosine · Feb 24, 2006

Sorry. I've only overused smilies in a post once, and that was the reply to the "Happy Days" drain backup thread. I don't know why I did it, I thought it was kind of silly and would inject a bit of lightheartedness into a "messy" thread.

No smilies in this post, do you like it?

Radio · Feb 24, 2006

I think it has something to do with the consumption of Flashahol, you know, that stuff you smell when you pull a used CR123 out of a light. Rots the brain.

:buddies:

markdi · Feb 24, 2006

I have never tried smilies

there is a first time for every thing.

Nitroz · Feb 24, 2006

Radio said:
I think it has something to do with the consumption of Flashahol, you know, that stuff you smell when you pull a used CR123 out of a light. Rots the brain.

:buddies:

Ha! That's a good one! Say, do you have any of that cr juice around soemwhere? Sniff sniff. :drunk:

speederino · Feb 24, 2006

Radio said:
I think it has something to do with the consumption of Flashahol, you know, that stuff you smell when you pull a used CR123 out of a light. Rots the brain.

I figured it might have something to do with spending too much time at Wal-mart milling around the flashlight aisle. It's easy to develop an affinity for the round yellow dude that way. However, I think your explanation is much better!

I always wondered what that smell was......

markdi · Feb 24, 2006

how do you put more than one smillie in a post ?

what do i do to put them where i want them to go ?

magic79 · Feb 24, 2006

markdi said:
how do you put more than one smillie in a post ?

what do i do to put them where i want them to go ?

Just

click

on

the

smilie

with

the

cursor

where

you

want

to

insert

the

smilie!

Cmoore · Feb 24, 2006

Right on target Speederino! :no smilie:

tylerdurden · Feb 24, 2006

speederino said:
What is up with the rediculously prolific use of smilies in posts? The use of one, maybe two, doesn't bother me; those little wal-mart dudes are supposed to be used to communicate subtleties and nuance in writing that is lost when we can't use facial expression and tone of voice. That's great when they are used correctly.

Then I come across the occasional post that looks like this:
:huh2::naughty::rock::rock::toilet::sleepy:
:buddies::buddies::devil::nana::huh::scowl:

OK, so what exactly are they trying to say?? There is so much motion on the screen sometimes it makes me seasick.

Then there is the post that goes like this
and then this
and then this:laughing:
this:naughty:
and this:ironic:

That's a doozie too.

I guess all I can say is

:thumbsup:

CroMAGnet · Feb 25, 2006

speederino said:
What is up with the rediculously prolific use of smilies in posts? The use of one, maybe two, doesn't bother me; those little wal-mart dudes are supposed to be used to communicate subtleties and nuance in writing that is lost when we can't use facial expression and tone of voice. That's great when they are used correctly.

Then I come across the occasional post that looks like this:
:huh2::naughty::rock::rock::toilet::sleepy:
:buddies::buddies::devil::nana::huh::scowl:

OK, so what exactly are they trying to say?? There is so much motion on the screen sometimes it makes me seasick.

Then there is the post that goes like this
and then this
and then this:laughing:
this:naughty:
and this:ironic:

That's a doozie too.

I guess all I can say is

Hey! I post a lot of smileys

So I wanted to post something like this...

It's candlepowerforums.com not fascist.com

Smileys are cute and make me laugh

So you can keep worrying

how people like to post or take one one these chill pills

and talk about something interesting.

BUT instead,

to CPF

greenLED · Feb 25, 2006

:wave: we're all a big buncha :buddies:, so come :party:

with us, we :rock:
sometimes we are :devil: or even

but most of the time it's all :nana: or

it's all in a

day
and if you're

, we'll make sure to :grouphug: until you

Deal?

:lolsign:
hungry? have some :popcorn:

before you get :sleepy:

leukos · Feb 25, 2006

Hang out at CPF for a while and you'll most certainly go :broke:

PoliceScannerMan · Feb 25, 2006

Green you trying to :poke:

sppederino? :lolsign: , thats funny, I bet he is :sick2: of all these gremlins. This thread is really starting to :dedhorse:

, but oh well. :bump:

speederino · Feb 25, 2006

:sick2:

Naw, I was just trying to :poke:

.....

Wanted to start a thread that got a lot of blah blah blah (gotta find that smiley)....

Looks like I did a :goodjob:

Thanks for putting up with my :rant:

, I was a bit frustrated after dropping my cell phone in the :toilet:.

:crackup:

speederino · Feb 25, 2006

After 50 posts and 6 weeks, I do believe that was my very first welcome...thanks CroMAGnet!! And I got one in style too!

C4LED · Feb 25, 2006

Welcome to CPF.

In response to your original posting in this thread:

:nana:

markdi · Feb 25, 2006

using smilees cuts into my reading time

Sub_Umbra · Feb 25, 2006

I always have my browser set to only let animations cycle once. Others who find them a bit on the busy side might try that.

If I ever use a smiley that doesn't seem to make sense it's probably because I've chosen it just on the basis of what the last frame looks like.

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