A love story with mixed emoticonsTrying to convey emotions is part of an everyday vocabulary. With emotions one can clarify or depict the actual intention that otherwise would have been tough to interpret. Not saying that we have use for the Homer Simpson (_8(|) emoticon, it is good to know it is there. Let me give you an example. If I write That\'s great... what do I really mean? If a ? or an ! is placed at the end it becomes a question or to indicate strong feelings or high volume (shouting). This is also often marks of the end of a sentence and can be misunderstood because it is really up to the reader to decipher the context. The only thing you can be certain of, it is important to me. If I add an emoticon, the sentence works differently. If I write That\'s great! :D I now defines the emotion of my statement and you will know I\'m saying it like Tony the Tiger does. If I write That\'s great! o.o it is eyes only and I am hiding behind a fence. Consider That\'s great! :( with an IRL frown. That would really convey a totally different message!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPLAS-x4Pg0You can even write small stories without a single word. Take this line of mixed emoticons...#<(^-^<) (:V) (>^-^)># (>^#^<) ... (>^-^)>| t(\'.\'t)It roughly translates to: I went to bring you a waffle but then I got chased by pacman, so I ate it ... and got you this piece of grass instead and you where like f... you.
Love Revolution - FuddlMixed emoticon stories has been around since the beginning. Hackers, goofers and crackers wrote NFO files and the rest of us used various IRC channels to excel in deviantarts.Heavenly inspired by Rives on TED who has been given the honor of being one of the first to write web2.0 typographical fairy tales. Here is a bit of web2.0 poetry, written to a very special person.O}-< Q<<]: MTWTFSS 101-18 128√e980 26.07.2007 10:55am (-;☆彡*-*:D/:-) Q<= ♫ O}-< @-}---- 1/2? - 1/256?Omg X-p (-}{-) <33 {} :O) (_)3 <”> H2O 7xNaCl yllambywlaw Q<= “?” O}-< ((<3)) ..-.etc #*@%! “—- —-”(-;:-) aabb <3 O}-< :(|) xXx Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ