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Tone is an absolute bitch to convey properly over text, if you don’t add indicators it’s up to the reader to determine the tone you’re using. Miscommunication causes larger problems. Using lol helps indicate a lighter tone so people don’t think I’m pissed off or grumpy when I’m not

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mimavox@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
yeah, I mean that’s why emojis exist in the first place.

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- sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  We use a form of speech from before emojis (:
  
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  - MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Good ol’ smileys! :D
    
    And somewhere inbetween, or perhaps alongside the smileys, we had the wonders of kaomoji
    
    (◕‿◕✿)
    
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  - Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Hell yeah. :D
    
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- Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Millennials didn’t have emojis at first. You realize that, right!
  
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  - mimavox@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Regular text emojis have been around forever. I was talking about those.
    
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    hesh@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Emoticons, please
    
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- SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  But consider:
  
  Emojis have no soul, and will never see the light of Heaven
  
  Text based emoticons, meanwhile :) :( :3 :o Are God’s chosen tone indicator, animated with the breath of life
  
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