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[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Man we're all fucking old people here aren't we.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, back in 19-dickety-2, I used to wear an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Now, to take the ferry costs a nickel, and in those days nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. "Give me five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now, where were we?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Back when a dime bag used to cost a dime!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's making a comeback except now the kids are using shallots.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

No, it's more that :) and 🙂 give different vibes. I literally use both because of that lmao.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No sir. This thread is about emoji, not GILFs.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah maybe somebody can help me here. Is it 🤣 or 😂 the one that kids make fun of us for using?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both, grandpa. Now let’s get you to bed.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not even 30 yet. I'm not ready to be calling myself old. D:

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago (6 children)

:D will forever be better than its emoji counterpart

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It just does not convey the same feeling.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

:P is appropriate a lot of times when 😛 is not, and the latter is what slack converts it to. 😋 Is what they should use. One looks like you're being silly, the other looks sexually desperate.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

:P can also be more neutral than happy at times, which is a nuance that the emoji lacks.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

:I is one of my favs

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[–] balderdash9 69 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You inspired me to make this meme OP:

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (5 children)

We use an older version of Outlook at work and it turns :) into 🙂 but not the emoji but the Wingdings smiley which is the letter J when you use a different font. I only found out after months when somebody asked me why I put so many J's in my mails.

I don't remember asking you a god damn thing Outlook 🤨

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

holy crap, is that where all the Js come from?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If there's a bad decision that can be made, the Outlook development team made it. It's a real shame that the industry standard is a hot garbage fire of a program.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

When i was about 10 i sent an email to my uncle that said "K cool 🙂" with the wingding smile.

His client rendered it "K cool J" and he made fun of my "jive"

Never sent an email using multiple or nonstandard typefaces again. I guess it was a good lesson, but it's one of those hyper cringe core memories.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's cure. You must have really liked that person :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I guess I did J

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

...who thought that was a good idea

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I work in a technical field. My work email changes "<3" to a heart emoji.

Pardon me, sir. I was not expressing my admiration, its just that your analyte concentration is less than the measuring range of my instrumentation.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Emotions take more effort than emoji these days.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Image Transcription:

Black text on a white background reading:

"My phone: Changes :) to 🙂

"Me:"

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Oh for duck sake I hate it when it does that!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's why I draw them the other way round (-:

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

But please... Please without nose.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just use a space : )

...on PC.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm old. I don't understand what people are trying to tell me half the time they use emojis.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Who in tarnation is cooking an eggplant peach dish that's splashing? I saw my daughter's text messages and her boyfriend didn't even bring any of this strange dish to share when he came over. Kids these days...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

😶‍🌫️

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'll raise you one better: I don't know what I'm saying when I use them. I'm sure some have meanings, but I just pick whatever looks funny. I've probably caused some confusion before.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I see this as an example of either how little some people making decisions in tech companies know about what people want or about how different the things I want are from the majority of people.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I still use the full version :-)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Ah, the boomer smile

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