Textfaces? (͡•_ ͡• ) Regular emoji? 🤔 Old school smileys? :-)

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    My usage is fairly restricted:

    • old school :^) for non-sarcastic irony
    • (¬¬) for eye rolling
    • shorthand emojis (e.g. if talking about Stardew Valley, instead of “the four hearts event” I might type “the 4♥ event”)
    • as a way to avoid a specific word for metalinguistic reasons (e.g. “⟨dog⟩ is the signifier, 🐶 is the signified”)