OK - Seriously what's with the smiley hate? - Page 2

amber · #16 07-14-2005, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by macfanken

Actually, it's the Tacoma Narrows Bridge... just before it collapsed in the 1940s. I thought it look cool, I'll probably bring the jumping critters back after a while.

It does look cool. It freaks me out, too, but it's still cool. Now, smile, whore!!!

irishgrl · #17 07-14-2005, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by macfanken

Actually, it's the Tacoma Narrows Bridge... just before it collapsed in the 1940s. I thought it look cool, I'll probably bring the jumping critters back after a while.

I seem to recall some film footage showing an old sedan creeping across it while it was doing the mambo......it was part of a film I saw in grade school about natural disasters, and included that HUGE earthquake in Anchorage Alaska...
Nature is SCARY man....

amber · #18 07-14-2005, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ReFleetwoodMac

I think it would be best.

I'm going to need some better equipment. An auto cam that's constantly snapping away. Something like that. Otherwise it's going to be the laughies.

GODDESS6 · #19 07-14-2005, 10:22 PM

i personally LUV the smilies, i think they add a little something to show how you are feeling, sometimes in a comical way, sometimes more serious~ but either way i enjoy them, especially when you guys find different ones & post them such as the puking smileies & such

~

sodascouts · #20 07-14-2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Ah - ok - sorry Nancy - I'd thought you'd said that....anyway - as you're one of the few Ledgies I've met in person - and I found you quite nice - I don't like the idea of constantly annoying you...that said, I also love smilies

Aw, thanks! You were one of the first Ledgies I ever met, and I'll always remember you as an interesting and fun girl!

<--- Look, a smiley!

<---- Look, another one! OK, I've reached my limit. lol

sodascouts · #21 07-14-2005, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ReFleetwoodMac

The most shameful smilie of them all is the laughing smilie. There are actually several. The "lol"s got pretty out of hand very fast when it was first so brilliantly invented, and now people are just lying about their reaction by using visual aids. Most often, the visual aids are accompanied by the relatively useless, but apparently necessary "lol". If you are actually laughing out loud, it's ok, but who among us only writes "lol" or uses a laughie smilie when we are laughing from our gut?

Internet language has evolved. That abbreviation is no longer to be taken literally. Its true meaning at this point is simply any type of amusement, regardless of verbalization. So your displeasure is a bit old-fashioned. lol (That amuses me).

LiquidBlue5000 · #22 07-14-2005, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ReFleetwoodMac

Have the smilies evolved to not mean what they indicate, too?

ohh, stop being such a negative nancy when it comes to smilies (sorry nancy

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sodascouts · #23 07-14-2005, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ReFleetwoodMac

Have the smilies evolved to not mean what they indicate, too?

Yes. How many people are really weeping when they put the crying smiley, or winking when they put winky smiley? How many people are nodding/shrugging/jumping - you get the drift. Smileys are emotional cues, not literal representations.

macfanken · #24 07-14-2005, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by irishgrl

I seem to recall some film footage showing an old sedan creeping across it while it was doing the mambo......it was part of a film I saw in grade school about natural disasters, and included that HUGE earthquake in Anchorage Alaska...
Nature is SCARY man....

Yeah, it's a pretty famous film clip. When I was a kid we would sometimes have to drive across the replacement bridge... my brother and I would always end up freaked out on the floor of our parents' car!

Driving across it still freaks me out.

amber · #25 07-14-2005, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ReFleetwoodMac

Wal-Mart? I'll drive.

No need. Just send a big cheque to.....

wondergirl9847 · #26 07-14-2005, 10:50 PM

Well, tone is very difficult to dicipher on message boards, hence....the smilie. Sometimes, when we are all joking around and stuff, the

smilie and the

smilie go hand in hand. It helps with the tone of the message.

Oh no, three smilies in my post...CALL THE POLICE!!!

LiquidBlue5000 · #27 07-14-2005, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ReFleetwoodMac

Maybe one day there will be a contraption that we stick our faces into that reads our expression and sends the information on to others. So we will finally have a foolproof way of letting people know our true feelings.

i think we should just stick to smilies!!! and i think you should start using them