OK - Seriously what's with the smiley hate?

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Originally Posted by catinthedark

Yeah, so don't agree with you there.

I use smilies to punctuate what I'm writing. Sometimes I just use them because I think they're funny. And I think your assertion that "Overdoing it on the smilies does make the person seem a tad less intelligent (no offense to all smilie lovers) just because it's like a tell that shows the world they aren't as good at writing" is insulting and, in most cases, just plain wrong (by the way, you had a grammatical error in that sentence). This is a message board - people are writing train of thought. No one is writing a Pultizer Prize winning novel. I know I'm not reading people's posts and judging their literacy. I'm sure no one is doing that to me either.

By the way, I'm a professional writer. I get paid money to write for some pretty important and smart people. And I STILL use smilies.

I agree with everything you said. Why are we pointing out grammatical errors in someone's post though?

Isn't it Pulitzer? Ok, I'm using a smilie this time.