What a piece of work have we become, that we should feel so stymied by the absence of these simple little pictograms! Have we devolved in our daily discourse to such a degree that we cannot communicate a simple emotion through actual, physical sentences? Are we so afraid of offending some nameless reader if we fail to completely convey our sarcasm in a witty enough manner? Whose fault is the offense, then, if the author's humor is more subtle than the reader's? And how much more difficult is it to say, "Gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that," in place of a little sadface smiley?
Abolish the smilies, I say! Rise up, we slaves of the emotionless emoticons, and put fingertips to keyboard once more! Pour your heart into the words and cast aside the GIFs! They have caged us, forced us to define our emotions based on arbitrary animated images. Free yourself of their bonds and explore new realms of personal expression once again! Join me in the revolution.....DEATH TO SMILEY!! Who's with me??
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Yesterday it was the sadcry smiley. Couple days ago I had the thumbsup available. It's not just my computer; I've been on three different machines with the same issue.
