> It turns out that a world freshly speckled with [emoji smile] is not really such a changed world after all.
I've recently discovered there is a generational gap in smiley usage :)
If you are younger, my ":)" above can be taken more as a condescending smirk that puts down the reader. If you are older, it is just a smile and signifies that I'm, well, what a smile usually means: I'm being friendly, happy, non-threatening.
I apparently now have to watch how I use smileys because younger people have started interpreting the symbol, imho, incorrectly :(
(I am unaware if a similar proviso extends to the sad face above)
I've recently discovered there is a generational gap in smiley usage :)
If you are younger, my ":)" above can be taken more as a condescending smirk that puts down the reader. If you are older, it is just a smile and signifies that I'm, well, what a smile usually means: I'm being friendly, happy, non-threatening.
I apparently now have to watch how I use smileys because younger people have started interpreting the symbol, imho, incorrectly :(
(I am unaware if a similar proviso extends to the sad face above)