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[hipikat]

Every time I've brought this up with someone they've shot me down saying THEIR WAY IS OBVISOUS. Well, my curiosity has just been validated.

Poll Parenthetical statements with emoticons

Addendum: Yes, obviously I'm missing a 'correct' from the last question, but you can't edit poll questions once you've created the poll (for obvious reasons).

Comments

[hipikat]

Second option, to me, looks just as unclosed.
Only the emoticon's got a double-chin.

[cyrin_phin]

I agree with that technique. The best of both worlds; readability and structure.

[wolflullaby]

I find both versions unsettling. To be honest, if its within a parenthesis then I will use an alternate emoticon to avoid that problem (such as :D or ^__^).

[hipikat]

Interesting! (Probably because I'm often guilty of that too, but sometimes feel without alternative because my alternatives are furry, and I'm writing work email =^.^=)

[wolflullaby]

(:D)
(^__^)
(>:D)
(XD)
(^__O)
(O.O)
(T__T)
(^__^;)
(o_O)
(6_6)
(:S)
(:-O)
(88_88) spider!
(:P)
(*.*)
(!__!)
(@_@) Needs more coffee!

[evil_megz]

.... You use emoticons in work emails?

If I had to choose one of the two, it would be the latter (emoticons may often occur mid-parentheses, :), and so using one to close is ambiguous to whether it is midway or closing). However, the times I have come across the dilemma I usually opt to reword what I am writing. I feel parentheses are overused (by myself and others) and they are usually dirty writing. Emoticons are even dirtier and are generally used to compensate for an inability to fully express oneself with words alone. If I am using both, there's probably more reason to reword the statement than just the ugliness of an emoticon near a parenthesis.

[anxiolytic]

( :) )

[fairbank_otts]

This way.

[tommmo]

Out of those two I'd pick the second, because the first just looks shit. The second isn't much better, though. I'd either add a space between the smilie and the close-parenthesis, or just figure out another way to write it.

[kadeton]

I go out of my way to avoid using emoticons in parentheses.

[hipikat]

WHAT IF SOMEONE HAD A GUN TO YOUR HEAD AND TOLD YOU TO CHOOSE???

[drackir]

No, now it looks like it's yelling!