Protest!
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Protest!
I think that bookworm should use more smily faces in his posts
*insert provocative quote here*
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That would be the end... I am actually crying right now. There are big tears running down my face. It can't happen! That would be like him changing his username.
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I don’t understand. I wasn’t aware that my use of smileys was inadequate.
I use them whenever I feel they are appropriate.
I use them whenever I feel they are appropriate.
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vs.bookworm wrote:I use them whenever I feel they are appropriate.
bookworm wrote:I use them whenever I feel they are appropriate.
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Yes, it is.
There's almost zero inappropriate places for the dancing smiley.
See?
There's almost zero inappropriate places for the dancing smiley.
See?
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Not inappropriate that way, I know that smiley fits nearly anywhere. I meant that it changes the connotation of the message in a way that is inappropriate to the statement I was making.
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In other words, you rather sound mellow, instead of chippy?
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In that example I sounded factual, which was what I was being, instead of whimsical which would have worked, but wasn’t the effect I intended or wanted.
My smiley usage or nonusage attempts to keep the perception of my post by the reader consistent with the perception I meant it to have in writing it.
My smiley usage or nonusage attempts to keep the perception of my post by the reader consistent with the perception I meant it to have in writing it.
bookworm is too serious
And that makes him no fun
NOW.
bookworm is too serious. That makes him no fun.
See? xD
And that makes him no fun
NOW.
bookworm is too serious. That makes him no fun.
See? xD
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If you’re directing that at me, yes of course I see. And I would use whichever of those was appropriate for the message I was trying to convey.
Half the time you're too serious, bookworm Smilies make everything MUCH better If AE stopped using smilies. .I would go into denial.
And I cannot believe we're discussing appropriateness of smilies
And I cannot believe we're discussing appropriateness of smilies
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That would depend on how you define serious. I have an excellent sense of humor, so I don’t consider myself a serious person in that way. What you seem to term ‘serious’ is my attention to clearly conveying my online messages, which I would see as a positive thing because with something as impersonal as the internet it’s never a bad thing to make sure people don’t take what you say the wrong way.Peeta wrote:Half the time you're too serious, bookworm
Why not? It’s a very valid topic. We actually had this discussion in a recent communication class when we were going over nonverbal communication and perception.Peeta wrote:And I cannot believe we're discussing appropriateness of smilies
Again, it depends on what you mean by that.
If you mean I tend to be factual in my statements as opposed to allowing more room for interpretation of what I’m saying, then I would agree. But I would argue that isn’t being serious, it’s making sure that people understand my statements in the way I mean them to. And I do that very intentionally, so I don’t see it as a negative.
If you mean I tend to be factual in my statements as opposed to allowing more room for interpretation of what I’m saying, then I would agree. But I would argue that isn’t being serious, it’s making sure that people understand my statements in the way I mean them to. And I do that very intentionally, so I don’t see it as a negative.
It’s not a matter of big words and small words it’s about choosing the words that properly convey your message, something else I do very intentionally.
Even in real life conversations, but especially over the internet where words are all you have, it’s important to do everything you can to make your meaning clear.
Even in real life conversations, but especially over the internet where words are all you have, it’s important to do everything you can to make your meaning clear.
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This is amusing to read through. And does there have to be a black and white for usage of smilies? To each his own!
Smilies are like personality. If everyone had the same personality, where would Obama be today? o.OAmerican Eagle wrote:In other words, you rather sound mellow, instead of chippy?
Big words...are cool.Shakespeare wrote:And stop using such big words!
SnC Forever. Miss you still.
Oh yes it is fun to read the verbal battle between AE and Bookworm, since both have completely different personalities.
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And just think if all the girls acted like Marv.
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