gifs of their time, but I'm not sure that they were ever 'cool'. bythewell April 7, - Yeah, I think they were the. Emoticons and, to a much lesser extent these days, ascii art in general, are able to fill that gap and give words an emotional resonance without the need to transmit images. We do so much communication by keyboard now, you really need to be able to express your specific feelings, since there is no tone of voice or body language to go with the words. I actually think a hundred years from now it wouldn't surprise me if the smiley face was recognized as formal punctuation. MrsPramm April 8, - Well, we'll always have emoticons.
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