@narfcake do fish actually say “blub” or are they really speaking coherant words but since our ears aren’t for listening in water and we don’t speak Fish, that is all we hear?
@ruouttaurmind I think it was on the Giant Bombcast where one of the guys admitted he thought for years that was an envelope icon and never understand why his friends would send that over chat.
I prefer emoticons. If you ever see an emoji in something I type it’s probably because it was an emoticon that got automatically replaced by some stupid computer…
One exception:
The more important question is: Why the fuck are there emojis for VHS tapes, pagers, and fax machines?
@ruouttaurmind they’re still common. Most corportations and government agencies still use some sort of faxing device.
Also, I am not 100% certain but there might be a law that all convenience stores and dive bars must only use VHS tapes to record any and all activity. None of that high end stuff, 60 min max with scotch tape over the tab so it can be reused for the next ten years.
@elimanningface Don’t forget doctors offices still use faxes too. I think I heard they’re HIPPA compliant so they win out over regular e-mail, mailing USB sticks, system integrations, etc.
@2many2no I’ve put your question to the judges. they’re kind of still drunk and hurled a bottle at me. so, fuck em. you do what you gotta do to increase the fuck count.
@mcanavino Hate speech? Sweet bebe jeebus, it’s supposed to be emoji for “shit bollocks wank,” a phrase of frustration oft repeated by my Anglo friends. I’ll be sure to only use one or two (s going forward.
@RiotDemon@mcanavino it’s a very recent development and not one I support. By letting hate groups take ownership of something like this they win. Triple parentheses have been used for hugging and other things for decades, I remember seeing it back in my earliest days on the internet hanging out in AOL chatrooms and the like. Don’t let hate groups win by letting them corrupt something innocent. Turn it around on them and throw it in their face instead.
I’m like the Progressive commercial, I text in full sentences usually. I also am more likely to type : ) instead of searching out a smiley face in the emoji set.
I don’t have time for a bunch of emojis. I hate trying to read paragraphs full of them. I’ll use a smiley face here and there or something similar to help convey my emotions. Sometimes I’ll post a heart on someone’s photo on instagram or whatever. I’ll send kissing lips to my partner if I’m feeling flirty.
I don’t have time for bunch of emojis. I hate trying to read paragraphs full of them. I’ll use face here and there or something similar to help convey my emotions. Sometimes I’ll post on someone’s photo on instagram or whatever. I’ll send to my partner if I’m feeling flirty.
Only on discord, and only because discord nitro lets me have personalized ones on all servers. Which allows for some great and obtuse jokes to propogate.
@Thumperchick This is like attempting to decipher one of those cryptic vanity license plates…
Eagle bat shark gorilla. Either I’m denser than I had hoped, or you’re describing the next SciFi Channel original movie production.
@narfcake Translated: I’ve got cat hair on my T-shirt.
@sjk3
I prefer to make up words to articulate my vaguely coherent thoughts.
@nogoodwithnames
@mcanavino
@mcanavino
https://shirt.woot.com/offers/what-are-those-foxes-saying?ref=meh_com
@narfcake do fish actually say “blub” or are they really speaking coherant words but since our ears aren’t for listening in water and we don’t speak Fish, that is all we hear?
@mollama
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
/google do fish make sounds?
What sounds do fish make? - YouTube
@heartny click
@heartny you are hungry for pizza?
@Kidsandliz I thought I was hungry for chocolate chip cookies.
@heartny Oh is that what they were? I couldn’t tell.
@Kidsandliz I think this is pizza
@heartny @Kidsandliz
Just don’t bring cookies into the conversation.
https://emojipedia.org/cookie/
(I would have posted a jpg comparison, but the one which is already made is out of date since it doesn’t have the redone Google emojis.)
@Kidsandliz @heartny
/image chocolate chip pizza
/image pepperoni cookies
@narfcake I can skip the pepperoni, but the chocolate chip pizza sounds intriguing as it combines my 2 favorite foods.
@thismyusername
This is making me uncomfortable.
Wonder what happens if I choose one of the new emoji set? 🧕
🧜
🧜
🤱🏻🧞
🧞
🧙
🧙
🧟
🧟
@ruouttaurmind Ya, premature emojilation.
Curious the way the forum parses the unavailable icons as a known icon, skin tone indicator circle, and gender symbol
@ruouttaurmind I think it was on the Giant Bombcast where one of the guys admitted he thought for years that was an envelope icon and never understand why his friends would send that over chat.
@Barney
I only use :goldcoin:
Dammit
Do using only smiley faces count? I use smiley faces so people know that when I call them a sack of crap, they know I’m kidding.
I prefer emoticons. If you ever see an emoji in something I type it’s probably because it was an emoticon that got automatically replaced by some stupid computer…
One exception:
The more important question is: Why the fuck are there emojis for VHS tapes, pagers, and fax machines?
@Oneroundrobb The first emoji set debuted in 1998 when those technologies were still relatively common.
@Oneroundrobb Because this was still advertised.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/its-2017-and-this-bothers-me
@ruouttaurmind they’re still common. Most corportations and government agencies still use some sort of faxing device.
Also, I am not 100% certain but there might be a law that all convenience stores and dive bars must only use VHS tapes to record any and all activity. None of that high end stuff, 60 min max with scotch tape over the tab so it can be reused for the next ten years.
@ruouttaurmind sure. Doesn’t excuse the artwork getting updated and added to new services.
@elimanningface I don’t want to live in a world where sad office drones are forced to use fax machines and communicate about it using emoji.
@Oneroundrobb
Physicians sometimes still use pagers.
@f00l @Oneroundrobb Doctors and pagers:
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2016/02/why_do_doctors_still_use_pagers.html
@elimanningface Don’t forget doctors offices still use faxes too. I think I heard they’re HIPPA compliant so they win out over regular e-mail, mailing USB sticks, system integrations, etc.
@kshannon1 The doctors who keep sending us faxes meant for some Blue Cross company (one digit off) don’t seem very compliant.
(And now I’m sad because there’s no hippo emoji yet. Maybe next year.)
If I want to communicate clearly I use words. If I want to be vague and confusing I use little pictures.
I’m not quite sure what you’re saying, could you draw me a picture?
:wtf:
I can’t believe that doesn’t work.
/giphy wtf
@2many2no How are we to increase the fuck count if we’re not forced to type “what the fuck”?
@narfcake Oh fuck, I forgot.
@carl669 Are we doing this right?
@2many2no I’ve put your question to the judges. they’re kind of still drunk and hurled a bottle at me. so, fuck em. you do what you gotta do to increase the fuck count.
@ZeroCharisma Yeah, awesome. Hate speech in pictoral form.
In case that’s not intended; three ( s is code for antisemitism. So if that’s the regular icon, they done messed up.
@mcanavino Hate speech? Sweet bebe jeebus, it’s supposed to be emoji for “shit bollocks wank,” a phrase of frustration oft repeated by my Anglo friends. I’ll be sure to only use one or two (s going forward.
@mcanavino I’ve never heard that before. In my experience, it was always used to emphasize something like:
(((Hugs))) would be BIG HUGS!
@RiotDemon @mcanavino it’s a very recent development and not one I support. By letting hate groups take ownership of something like this they win. Triple parentheses have been used for hugging and other things for decades, I remember seeing it back in my earliest days on the internet hanging out in AOL chatrooms and the like. Don’t let hate groups win by letting them corrupt something innocent. Turn it around on them and throw it in their face instead.
@jbartus
Stealth trolling is turning some of Reddit’s worst corners into funny, harmless delights
@narfcake glorious.
I’m like the Progressive commercial, I text in full sentences usually. I also am more likely to type : ) instead of searching out a smiley face in the emoji set.
Bitmojis.
And I just tried out an animoji which my brother termed “dumb”
A lot of moms use them so I do too. It’s like a mirroring technique. Also, it’s good for tone. Sometimes tone is important.
My therapist used an emoji in a text to me. I asked him if that was a sign of the end times.
@naropa
Dunno how the therapist answered.
But …
It was a sign of end times.
, , , , ,
@narfcake
I prefer typed emoticons
edit: how cruel is fate, changing my beautiful = P into some smiling monstrosity
@nebnacnud
Leave a space within the emoticon.
; ]
I prefer Kentucky overwritten incident dungeon Baker surgery because my series justiciar’s hates he asked it’s not my fault.
(I prefer lengthy overwritten incoherent drivel because my swipe keyboard hates me and it’s not my fault.)
@f00l Swype doesn’t just hate you, it wants to ruin you.
Try Gboard if it doesn’t creep you out.
@djslack
I’m swiping in Gboard.
I keep thinking it/I will improve.
Yeah.
@f00l At least your phone isn’t suggesting “kitten” when I was typing “kitchen”.
I have no idea why that happens! At all!
My goal is to get my emoji game up to Chelsea Manning’s level. I’ve got a long way to go.
I don’t have time for a bunch of emojis. I hate trying to read paragraphs full of them. I’ll use a smiley face here and there or something similar to help convey my emotions. Sometimes I’ll post a heart on someone’s photo on instagram or whatever. I’ll send kissing lips to my partner if I’m feeling flirty.
@RiotDemon
I don’t have time for
bunch of emojis. I hate trying to read paragraphs full of them. I’ll use 
face here and there or something similar to help convey my emotions. Sometimes I’ll post 
on someone’s photo on instagram or whatever. I’ll send 
to my partner if I’m feeling flirty.
@gumtreertmug hah, I actually used emojify when I first typed it, but it didn’t have enough emojis so I removed it.
Only on discord, and only because discord nitro lets me have personalized ones on all servers. Which allows for some great and obtuse jokes to propogate.