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[–] xeddyx@lemmy.nz 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

Didn’t know that, thanks :)

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

A few of those actually use emojis in the kaomoji

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I use text emoticons like I always have :D

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Timeless.

(β•―Β°β–‘Β°οΌ‰β•―οΈ΅ ┻━┻)

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

┬──┬ γƒŽ( γ‚œ-γ‚œγƒŽ)

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your parenthesis don't match .

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago
[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OwO

For some emotions there isn't even an emoji yet.

UwU

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

And let's hope there never is.

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[–] tux0r@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] eating3645@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

ಠ⁠︡⁠ಠ

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think the "regular" emoji feel somewhat out of place here

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would anyone need to express emotions in a universal language?

πŸ™„

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago

Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

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[–] mah@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

We do a little bordiga-despair posting

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 years ago (15 children)

(・へ・)

(β•―Β°β–‘Β°οΌ‰β•―οΈ΅ ┻━┻

( Ν‘Β° ΝœΚ– Ν‘Β°)

(οΌβ€Έαƒš)

α••( ᐛ )α•—

ΰ² _ΰ² 

Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

xDΛ£α΄°

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[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago

Instance admins can add images to be used as emojis via the emoji picker. rabbit

[–] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Personally, I'm OK with emoji as long as you don't spam them (3+ times the same emoji is spamming imo)

1 emoji for a normal expression

2 emoji for a heavy expression

3 emoji is still acceptable but my personal limit of tolerance

[–] Sentinian@lemmy.one 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've always read 3+ back to back as a form of satire or sarcasm

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can't go wrong with a table flips (β•―Β°β–‘Β°οΌ‰β•―οΈ΅ ┻━┻

they just make me (γƒŽο½€Β΄)γƒŽ ~┻━┻

and then I like to ─=≑Σ((((β•―Β°β–‘Β°οΌ‰β•―οΈ΅ ┻━┻

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

┬──┬◑ノ(Β° -Β°οΎ‰)

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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All of the above.

I resisted using emojis for a long time, but I changed jobs during Covid and was working from home permanently. I suddenly worked with a bunch of people I had never met before, and I realized that these people don't know my demeanor, so they don't know how to read my tone. I found emojis are almost necessary to convey tone in this situation. And after that, it kinda stuck.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

3 emojis that complete a thought like:

πŸ›©οΈπŸ’₯πŸ₯‚

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[–] booty@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago
[–] McCainRBGcreampie@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I'm a fan of emojis that I can hear. cat-vibing

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I read somewhere that proper emojis are more accessible for screen readers, so I've avoided using the old style smiley versions and textmojis ever since.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

None and I installed an emoji blocked on firefox.

[–] ProperlyProperTea@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

(☞ Ν‘Β° ΝœΚ– Ν‘Β°)☞

[–] Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Pitri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ASCII alone already does offer a rather wide range of emotions, no need for unicode. :D

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[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 4β™₯ event")
  • as a way to avoid a specific word for metalinguistic reasons (e.g. "⟨dog⟩ is the signifier, 🐢 is the signified")
[–] sag@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Old school smileys :-) because My Keyboard app doesn't have a emoji board.

[–] DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

My keyboard has a built in text face keyboard

( β‰§βˆ€β‰¦)γƒŽ

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

I like the classic ΰ² α΄—ΰ²  text faces

[–] DominicDeligann@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Duchess@yiffit.net 4 points 2 years ago

The only one I use super frequently is :3 which I imagine isn't a surprise to anyone lol

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