Does anyone else find Smileys to be insulting?
I mean, a little :-) at the end of a comment to explain that you meant it
humorously/ironically/sarcastically implies the recipient isn't capable of
getting the joke in the first place.
Or maybe I should just switch to decaf today... ;-)
It all depends. In the latest release of Eudora actually done by
Eudora, they turn into icons.
The Icons actually let you know there is something else
there. Otherwise I have a hard time deciphering all the punctuation
marks, and it reminds me of reading Hebrew!
Stewart
At 10:23 AM
At 11:23 AM -0400 7/29/08, Michel Lowe wrote:
Does anyone else find Smileys to be insulting?
I mean, a little :-) at the end of a comment to explain that you meant it
humorously/ironically/sarcastically implies the recipient isn't capable of
getting the joke in the first place.
Or maybe I
The problem is that often there just isn't enough context to realize
that the person is trying to be humorous/ironic/sarcastic. In
traditional print, you'd have lots and lots of written words to
realize this. In realspace, you can judge the body language of the
person making the statement. In
The problem is that often there just isn't enough context to realize
that the person is trying to be humorous/ironic/sarcastic. In
traditional print, you'd have lots and lots of written words to
realize this. In realspace, you can judge the body language of the
person making the statement.
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
The problem is that often there just isn't enough context to realize
that the person is trying to be humorous/ironic/sarcastic. In
Yes, I think this is exactly right. Email, forums, listserv posts, IMs, and
the like
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 02:38:09PM -0400, John DeCarlo wrote:
Agree that icons make it a little easier, but they go overboard, too - what
does the smiley face with a hat on at a rakish angle mean about the text
just preceeding it?
That the author is trying, and failing, to be cute.
Does anyone else find Smileys to be insulting?
I mean, a little :-) at the end of a comment to explain that you
meant it
humorously/ironically/sarcastically implies the recipient isn't
capable of
getting the joke in the first place.
Or maybe I should just switch to decaf today... ;-)
Yep,
