Emoticon addiction, anyone? ^__^;;

[43420]

They're EVERYWHERE... :o

I feel like I can't type a sentence online without including one XD

I feel that if I don't include one, people may think something's wrong with me or that I'm angry :\

Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhh!!! What to do??? >_________<;;

...sadly, emoticons are just the beginning - there's also: "LOL", "Oh", "hmmm" and "haha/hehe"

Comments

[aeryn_aerie]

I have that problem too ^__^;;

My work email always looks sad since we aren't allowed to use smileys.... T__T

[43420]

Yeah, no emoticons and the message just looks so dry and depresssing! I realised I had the addiction a while ago when I was chatting online and I couldn't stop "^^" and "LOL"-ing in every sentence! I'm trying to keep a cap on it, but it just makes me look like I'm angry...

[mjspice]

[43420]

Without them, everything that I write looks so dull and boring. I guess there's just no other way that people can convey their emotions in writing. Text by itself is just so...sad.

[utenatenju]

OMG~ I thought I was the only one who felt this way!!!!
And there's so many of them too right? and to be honest I don't know them all so when I come across a lingo or emoticons that I don't know I almost feel ashamed to ask......but the other day someone asked me what ^^ was, now that I thought was super funny cause there's still people out there that don't even know the basics....maybe I shouldn't feel too bad^^

[43420]

Well, don't worry, you're not alone!
People just go on using emoticons without noticing that it's actually TAKING OVER everything they write! I fell into that and now practically it's taken over everything I type online, chatting, blog, forums etc FEEL THE POWER OF THE EMOTICONS!!

It's interesting though, I only really use a few of them but I keep repeating them everywhere...HAHAHA!